Index 



Abbe substage condenser, 18, 26 

 Aberrations of lenses, 4-6 



correction of, 7 

 Acacia as mounting medium, 104 

 Acetone for dehydration, 113 

 Achromatic, explanation of, 13 

 Achromatic substage condenser, 18 

 Acid alcohol, 82, 84, 85 

 Acid fuchsin, 90, 92 



applied, to animal tissues, 90, 232 

 to plant tissues, 212 

 Acids (see name, e.g., Picric acid) 

 Adhesive, for frozen sections, 166 



for paraffin sections, 150 

 Agar, for attaching frozen sections, 166 



for temporary wholemounts, 108 

 Alcohol, dehydrating agents for, 103, 216 



for preserving plant tissues, 210 



recommended series of, 55, 98, 113 



for storing wax blocks, 140 



substitutes for, 99, 100 

 Alizarin red S, 97 

 Allen's fixative, 74 



applied to rat testis, 227 

 Ameba, 111 

 American Optical Company, 21, 25, 30- 



32, 141 

 Ammonium acetate, 76 

 Ammonium alum in staining solutions, 83, 



84 

 Amphioxus, 235-237 

 Anderson's medium, 164 

 Angular aperture, 9, 10 

 Annelida, wholemounts, 112 

 Antiformin, 204 



Apochromatic, explanation of, 12 

 Aristolochia, section of stem, 222-226 



good and bad, 223, 224 

 Arthropods, fixative for, 74 



mountant for, 105 



Azure II, 94 



for staining sections, 238 



Bacteria in sections, 238-240 



smears, 202-203 



good and bad, example of, 200 

 preparation, 199 



staining, 94 

 Balsam ( see Canada balsam ) 

 Basic fuchsin (see Magenta) 

 Bausch and Lomb, 31, 53 

 Bayberry wax, 131 

 Beeswax, 131 



Benzene, for clearing tissues, 101, 216, 

 233 



unsuitability for wholemounts, 114 

 Berlese's funnel, 175 

 Berlese's mountant, 105, 175-177 

 Blood smear, 119-121, 196-198 



good and bad, examples of, 197 



staining, 92-94 

 Bone, decalcifying, 76, 77 



staining, 93, 96, 97 

 Bouin's fixative, 74 



softening tissues fixed in, 235 



washing from tissues, 76 

 Bryozoa, 69, 78, 112, 178, 179 

 Butyl alcohol (see Tert butyl alcohol) 



Cameras, photomicrographic, 51-53 



Camsal, 106 



Canada balsam, finishing mounts in, 118 



preparing "dry," 107 



technique of mounting in, 115 



types of, 93, 106, 107 

 Carbol fuchsin (see Carbolmagenta ) 

 Carbolmagenta, 89 



applied to bacteria, 204 

 CarboLxylene, 101 



Carboxymethyl cellulose for temporary 

 wholemounts, 109 



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