INDEX 



147 



endoplasmic reticulum, 10 



eosin, 95, 108 



eosinophil leucocytes, 100, 101 



ergastoplasme, 11 



ethanol 



as dehydrating agent, 38, 72, 78, 

 125 



as differentiator, 103 



as fixative, 17, 19, 27, 28, 29, 32, 

 59 



as restrainer in dyeing, 112 



as solvent for purpurine, 111 

 ethyl acetate, 84 

 ethylene glycol, 74 

 exocrine cells of pancreas, 101 



Farrants's medium, 125, 129 

 fastness, 110 

 fibroin, 41 

 fixatives 



additive, 19, 21 



coagulant, 17, 25, 31 



effect on dyeing, 33, 37, 38, 51, 

 53, 55, 59 



effect on volume, 27 



general remarks, 14 



ii:-value, 22, 31 



mixtures, 59 

 classification of, 64 



non-additive, 19 



non-coagulant, 17, 26, 40 



oxidation-potentials of, 31 



period of action, 24 



practical, 55 



primary, 16 



rate of penetration, 21 



shrinkage by, 56, 62 



simple, 55 



standard concentrations, 17, 31 



swelling by, 53 



tests of, 29 



'trio' of ingredients, 61 

 Flemming, 61, 64, 76 

 flocculation, 20 

 formaldehyde 



as fixative, 17, 26, 27, 28, 40, 56, 

 67 



use in gelatine embedding, 70 

 formalin, 40 

 formal um, 70 



formic acid, 41 

 frozen sections, 71 



galactose, 130 

 gelatine 



as embedding medium, 67 



fixation of, 45, 50 



for sealing coverslip, 133 

 gelatine-albumin gel, 22 

 gelatine-nucleoprotein gel, 52 

 glass knife, 84 

 glucuronic acid, 130 

 glutamic acid, 41, 68, 99 

 glycerol 



as mounting medium, 125, 128, 

 129 



as restrainer in dyeing, 112 



in adhesive mixture, 77 



refractive index, 129 

 glycine, 41, 68 

 glycogen, 16, 43 

 gold size, 133 

 'Golgi apparatus', 3, 10 

 ground cytoplasm, 12, 98 

 gum animi, 133 

 gum arable, 129 



haematein, 25, 94, 100, 110, 117, 



119 

 haematoxylin, 94 



Delafield's, 120 



Ehrlich's, 120 



Heidenhain's, 121 



oxidation of, 120 

 Haematoxylon, 94 

 Hardy, ix 



heat as fixative, 16, 21 

 Heidenhain, 64, 121 

 Helix, 28 

 Helly. 62, 65 

 heparin, 105 

 Hermann, 64 



heterochromatic segments, 5, 26 

 histidine, 46, 99 

 histochemical tests, 14, 15, 86 

 histone, 49 



'hybridization' of electrons, 112 

 hydrochloric acid, as differentia- 

 tor, 120 

 hydrogen bond, 69, 104 



