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INDEX 



Mercurochrome — {continued) 



staining combinations with, azur and 

 eosin, 352 

 azur I and methylene blue, 464 

 Mercury-gold methods, see Gold-mercury 



methods, 536 

 Merieux's method for Gram-positive bac- 

 teria, 475 

 Meriwether's, ammonia-carmine, 305 



method for parasitic amebas, 509 

 Merkel's, fixative, 207, 248 

 method for mucin, 454 

 mordant, 516 



in Behren's method for bile capillaries, 

 422 

 Merland's, fixative, 236 



formaldehyde accelerator, 613 



in, Meriwether's method for i^arasitic 

 amebas, 509 

 Merland's method for astrocytes, 558 

 Merton's fixative, 197 

 Merzbacher's method for neuroglia, 414 

 Mescon, sec Kligman, 504 

 Mestrezat, see Grynfelt, 262 

 Metal staining, general observations, 524 

 Metal staining techniques, see under name of 

 author, or ingredient or application 

 Metal stains, method of classification, 524 

 Metanil yellow, for staining, mucin, (Masson), 

 454 

 Rickettsiae, (Nyka), 463 

 in, Lillie's double contrast, 338 

 Masson's triple contrast, 340 

 staining combinations with, 



acid fuchsin, 338; hematoxylin, 454; 

 picric acid and acid fuchsin, 340 

 Metaphosporic acid, as ingredient of Cohen's 



fixative, 193 

 Methanol, as ingredient of, 



Bodecker's decalcifying fluids, 257 ; nar- 

 cotics, 265, 266; Schiefferdecker's macer- 

 ating fluids, 264; Schwarz's carmine, 302 

 as, narcotic, 52 



solvent for nitrocellulose, 648 

 physical properties of, 623 

 Methenamine, as ingredient of fixatives, 235 



in Gomori's silver diammine stain, 578 

 Methoxytriglycol acetate, 627 

 Methyl alcohol, see Methanol 

 Methyl amj^l carbinol, 625 

 Methyl benzoate, as ingredient of, Riiyter's 

 adhesive for nitrocellulose-paraffin 

 ribbons, 658 

 as solvent for, nitrocellulose, 153, 648 

 physical properties of, 625 

 Methyl blue, as plasma stain, 320 

 for staining, 



acid-fast bacteria, (Gibbe), 477; acid- 

 fast bacteria in sections, (Czaplewski), 

 496; blood, (Kardos), 418; chromaffin 



Methyl blue — {continued) 

 for staining — {continued) 



granules, (Gomori), 430; cocci in cell 

 smears, (Kahlden and Laurent), 491; 

 cocci in cell smears, (Schwitz), 491; 

 erythrocytes, (Crossmon), 416; fungi in 

 wood, (Cornwall), 501; mitochondria, 

 (Cain), 442; Negri bodies, (Barreto), 

 464; pituitary, (Colin), 425; pituitary, 

 (Martins), 426; pollen tubes, (Watkin), 

 422; Rickettsiae, (Bohner), 462, Rick- 

 ettsiae, (Bond), 462; virus inclusion 

 bodies, (Hamilton), 465 

 in, 



Dobell's triple stain, 309; Dubreuil's 

 double contrast, 325; Kricheski's triple 

 stain, 360; Ladewig's quadruple stain, 

 365; Lillie's double contrast, 326; Lillie's 

 double stain, 370; Lillie's quadruple 

 stain, 366; Lillie's triple stain, 370; 

 Mallory's triple stain, 360; Mann's dou- 

 ble stain, 371; Mollendorf's triple stain, 

 366; Plehn's double stain, 372; Semi- 

 chon's triple contrast, 328 

 staining combination with, 



acid fuchsin, 425, 442; acid fuchsin and 

 hematoxylin, 426; acid fuchsin, hema- 

 toxylin, and orange G, 365 ; acid fuchsin 

 and orange G, 360, 413, 423; azocarmine 

 and tartrazine, 430; azur, eosin, methyl- 

 ene blue and orange G, 418; Biebrich 

 scarlet, 370; Biebrich scarlet and hema- 

 toxylin, 366; chroraotrope 2R, 416; 

 eosin, 371, 372, 462, 466, 491; eosin and 

 hematoxylin, 366, 464; eosin Y and 

 orange G, 369; eosin Y and Victoria 

 yellow, 329; ethyl eosin and eosin Y, 

 465; fluorescein and magenta, 496; 

 magenta, 477; phloxine and orange G, 

 370; picric acid, 325, 326; picric acid and 

 safranin, 501; safranin, 491 



Methyl carbitol, 627 



Methyl cellosolve acetate, 627 



Methyl cellosolve, see Ethylene glycol mono- 

 ethyl ether 



Methyl green, as, nuclear stain, 353-357; 

 plasma stain, 320 

 for staining, 



amphibian blood, (Liebmann), 418; bac- 

 teria in leukocytes, (Flinn), 491; bac- 

 teria in sections, (Saathof), 493; bac- 

 terial capsules in sections, (Smith), 498; 

 blood, (Kahlden and Laurent), 418; 

 blood, (Rossi), 419; bone and cartilage, 

 (Juge), 383; diphtheria bacilli, (Albert), 

 489; fungus in skin sections, (Unna), 

 505; gonococcus, (Walton), 491; nuclei 

 in ciliates, (Balbiani), 434; nuclei, 

 (Cooper), 435, mitochondria, (Cowdry), 

 442; pituitary, (Severinghaus), 427; 



