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Embedding media, 131, 164 

 Embedding ovens, 132 

 Embryo chick (see Chick embryo) 

 Embryological material, fixation of, 70 

 Embryological watch glasses, 65, 66 

 Eosin, 90, 93, 122 



applied to sections, 214 

 Equivalent focus (E.F.), 12 

 Essential oils, 100 

 Ether, in fixative, 75 



as narcotic, 112 

 Ethyl alcohol (see Alcohol) 

 Eucaine hydrochloride, 78 

 Euparal, 106 

 Exposure, 56, 57 



External form, preservation of, 69, 70 

 Eye, fixation of, 75 

 Eyepiece ( see Ocular ) 



Farrants's mountant, 104 

 Fast green FCF, 90, 95 



applied to Aristolochia section, 224 

 Fats, staining, 96 

 Field condenser, 27 



centering, 28, 35 

 Film, processing, 47-49 

 Filters for photomicrography, 55, 56 

 Fixation, Ameba, 111 



Amphioxus, 235 



annelida, 112 



Aristolochia, 222 



bryozoa, 112, 178 



chick embryo, 186 



chromosomes, 73, 208 



coelenterata, 112 



eyes, 75 



liver fluke, 189 



marine forms, 72 



Pectinatella, 178 



photographic materials, 41, 47 



plant tissues, 72, 222 



protozoa, 111 



rat testis, 227 

 Fixative formulas (see name [e.g., Zen- 

 kers fixative] or ingredient [e.g., 

 Picric acid] ) 

 Fixatives, removal from tissues, 75, 76 

 Flattening, liver flukes, 189 



paraffin sections, 152-154, 233 



wholemounts, 179, 180 

 Fluofite, 8 



Formaldehyde for fixing bryozoa, 179 

 Freehand sections, general description, 

 125-128 



microtome for, 125 



of root, 210-213 



supporting substances for, 125, 126 

 Freezing to preserve squashes, 123, 209 

 Freshman microscope (see Microscope, 



freshman ) 

 Frog intestine, 214-221 



good and bad sections, 215 

 Frozen sections, attaching to slide, 166, 

 167 



cutting, 164 



microtome for, 163-164 



mounting, 166, 167 



refrigerants for, 164 



Gamasid mites, 176, 177 

 Gates's fixative, 72 

 Gilson's fixative, 73 



applied to liver fluke, 191 

 Glycerin jelly, 176 

 Gold size, 110 

 Gore (see McNamara, Murphy, and 



Gore's solution ) 

 Gram's iodine, 75 



applied to bacterial smear, 202 

 Gravis's adhesive, 166 

 Gray and Wess's medium, 105, 176 

 Gray's celestine blue B, 87 



applied, to frog intestine, 214-221 

 to rat tongue, 232-234 

 Gray's double-contrast stain, 91 

 Gray's "Microtomist's Formulary and 

 Guide," 92, 110, 128, 171, 176, 186, 

 204 

 Gray's narcotic, 78 

 Grenacher's carmine, 85 



applied to Pectinatella, 181 

 Gum acacia, 105 

 Gum mountants, 104, 105 



finishing slides in, 109 

 Gum sandarac, 106 



Hance's rubber paraffin, 131 



Hanley's solution, 78 



Hard materials, fixative for, 73, 74 



softening, 76, 77 

 Hardening photographic negatives, 47 

 Haug's solution, 76 



