790 



INDEX 



Weil's, differentiators, 520 



in, O'Leary's method for nervous tis- 

 sues, 411 

 Weil's methods for myelin sheaths, 

 408 

 iron hematoxylin, 408 



in, Lillie's method for myelin sheaths, 

 406 

 method for dentine, 385 

 Weil and Davenport's silver diammine stain, 

 576, 580 

 in Weil and Davenport's method for 

 microglia, 589 

 Weiss's, method for, 



acid-fast bacteria, 478; Gram-positive 

 bacteria, 475; polar bodies in bacteria, 

 491; spirochetes, 481 

 mordant, 516, 519 



in, Weiss's method for acid-fast bac- 

 teria, 478 

 Weiss's method for spirochetes, 481 

 triple stain, 336 

 Weissberger, see Grapnauer, 193 

 WeUheim's iron carmine, 305 

 Wellheim, see also Pfeiffer, 65 

 Welling's decalcifying fluid, 260 

 Wells, see Ralston, 259, 431 

 Wenrich and Geiman's fixative, 210, 253 

 Wess, see Gray, 636, 641 

 Westphal's, double stains, carmine-crystal 

 violet, 373 

 method for blood, 420 

 Wetting agents in, injection media, 162 



stains, 281, 316 

 Wetzel's fixative, 225 

 Wetzel, see also Reichardt, 648 

 Wharton's method for nerves in whole- 

 mounts, 408 

 Wheatley's method for intestinal protozoa, 



339 

 White's, decalcifying fluid, 260 



double contrast, 326 

 White and Culbertson's method for Gram- 

 positive bacteria, 475 

 White cedar oil, physical properties of, 624 

 White lead, as ingredient of, 



Beale's gold size, 652; Coburn's cement, 

 655; Kitton's cement, 654; Oschatz's 

 cement, 656 

 White pine, 92 



White rouge, use in polishing sections, 81, 83 

 White shellac, 651 

 White thyme oil, as ingredient of, Dunham's 



clearing mixture, 628 

 Whitehead's fixative, 234, 253 

 Whitman's fixative, 195 

 Whitman, see also Eisig, 207 

 Whitney's fixative, 217 



Wholemount of, alga in Venice turpentine, 

 64-66 



Wholemount of — (continued) 

 Foraminifera, 17-20 

 48 hr. chicken embryo, 275-278 

 insect in deep cell, 64 

 insect skeleton, 62-64 

 liver fluke, 294-296 

 medusa, 296-299 

 Microcystis, 27-29 

 mite, 43-45 



muscle to show nerve endings, 532-533 

 Pectinatella, 59-62 

 pollen grains, 309-310 

 Radiolaria, 17-20 

 Rotifer, 29-31 

 salamander, 377, 379, 380 

 Wholemounts, aqueous, 21-23 

 cell cements for, 21 

 cells for, 21 



coverslip cements for, 23 

 Hanley's method of sealing, 31 

 preservatives for, 23 

 sealing coverslip on, 24, 25ff, 26ff, 27 

 specific examples, 27-31 

 capillaries in, 421 

 collagen fibers in, 394 

 crustacean muscles in, 394 

 definition of, 7 

 differentiating bone and cartilage in, 382, 



386 

 double stains, 360, 370, 371 

 dry, 10-20 



attaching cells for, 13 

 backgrounds for, 13-14 

 cementing, coverslips to, 16 



objects in, 14-16 

 definition, 10 

 sealing, 16 

 selection of, 



cells for, 11-12; coverslip for, 11; 

 slides for, 10 

 wooden slides for, 10 

 flattening specimens for, 60 

 fluid, media for, 32 

 Golgi bodies in, 559 

 in glycerol, cements for, 32 



sealing with thermoplastic cements, 33, 



34ff 

 specific example, 35 

 in, glycerol jelly, 46-50 

 gum media, 42-45 

 nonaqueous fluids, 32-41 

 resinous media, 51-68 



applying coverslip to, 57, 58ff 



cells for, 57 



clearing, 56 



dehydration, 55ff 



finishing, 57 



narcotizing and fixing specimens for, 



51-54 

 ringing, 58 



