STAINING, PRACTICAL AND THEORETICAL 



Picro orange G, 375 



Picro ponceau S recipe, 241 



Picro sublimate (Rahl's fixative), 



recipe, 538 

 Picro sublimate - acetic acid (Rath's 



fixative), recipe, 537 

 Pinacyanol, 7 

 Pinacyanol - neutral red for supravital 



staining of blood, 379 

 Pituitary, 109, in, 123, 190, 209, 270, 



283, 295, 355, 451 

 Planarians, nerve fibres of, 417 

 Plant material, 198, 203-4, 476-7, 



481-2 

 Plasma cells, 307, 333 

 Plasma & mast cells, differentiation of, 



307 

 Plasmosomes, 296 

 Platelets, blood, 155, 466 

 Platinic chloride, 480 

 Pleural fluids, 99 



Pneumococcus polysaccharides, 352 

 Polarized light, 179 

 Polychrome dyes, notes on, 33, 70, 85, 



93 

 Polychrome methylene blue for mast 



cells, 306 

 Polychrome methylene blue, Unna, 



307, 330. 506 



Polychrome methylene blue, acid 

 (Goodpasture), recipe, 553 



Polyester wax (Steedman) for embed- 

 ding, 506 



Polyethylene glycol (300) distearate, 



504 

 Polyethyelen glycol (400) distearate, 



506 

 Polyvinyl alcohol fixative, 452 

 Polyvinyl alcohol for embedding fat - 



containing tissues, 503 

 Polyvinyl alcohol - trichrome stain for 



amoebiasis, 452 

 Ponceau acid fuchsin (Masson), 



recipe, 189 

 Ponceau de xylidine, 22, 51, 572 

 Ponceau de xylidine, substitute for, 



231 

 Ponceau de xylidine - fuchsin acid, 189 

 Ponceau fuchsin, 105, 292 

 Ponceau 2R, 224, 572 

 Ponceau 3R, pH, mol. wt., etc., 21, 50 

 Ponceau S, 21, 51 

 Ponder's toluidine blue recipe, 566 



Pontacyl blue black, an acid dye for 



nuclei, 382 

 Pontacyl blue black SX, 113 

 Pontacyl blue black - luxol fast yellow, 



381,384 

 Pontacyl carmine, 572 

 Pontacyl green B, 572 

 Pontacyl violet, an acid dye for nuclei, 



384 

 Pontacyl violet - luxol fast yellow for 



general histology, 382 

 Pontamine sky blue 5BX, pH, mol. 



wt., etc., 22, 572 

 Potassium chlorate, 338 

 Potassium chloride, osmic acid & 



lipids, reactions of, 339 

 Potassium ferricyanide, 237 

 Potassium hydroxide, 128 

 Potassium permanganate, 463 

 Pregnancy cells, 178 

 Preservation of specimens for later 



examination, 455 

 Primuline, 103-4 

 Proline, reaction with chromic acid, 



193 



Proline, reaction with ninhydrin, 327 



Propyl alcohol (iso & normal) for de- 

 hydrating & clearing, 514 



Propyl alcohol - toluidine blue, 435 



Propyl alcohol (iso) as a solvent for 

 Sudan colours, 434-5 



Propylene glycol - rose bengal - phlo- 

 xin, 394 



Propylene glycol - Sudan black, 431 



Protargol - gallocyanin for neurolo- 

 gical tissues, 385 



Proteinases, 169 



Proteinates, 5 



Proteins, notes on, 4, 5 



Protein complexes, 4, 5 



Proteins & acid dyes, 5 



Proteins & basic dyes, 6 



Proteins, reaction with chromic acid, 



193 

 Protein synthesis & RNA, 100 

 Proteins, tryptophane - containing, 



193 

 Proteins, tyrosine - containing, 308, 



310 

 Proteins, water soluble, 529 

 Proteolipid complexes, 417 

 Protozoa, 102, 104, 453, 455, 466, 471, 



475, 483 



624 



