Index 



Abbe condenser, 90 



Abbie\ iations, 407 



Abopon mounting medium, 122 



Accelerators, 109 



Accentuators, 109 



Acetate -ace tic acid buffer, Walpole's, 415 



Acetate bufTer, Gomori's, 414 



Acetic acid: in fixatives, 5; N solution, 408; 



rinse, 147 

 Acetocarmine or aceto-orcein metliods: for 



chromosomes, 367; permanent mounts, 



369; restoration of deteriorated slides, 



370; solutions, 367; temporary mounts, 



368 

 Acetone: in fixing solutions, 6; for enzymes, 



339 

 Achromatic objective, 89 

 Acid alcohol, formula, 410 

 Acid alizarine blue: in azan stain, 151; in 



quad stain, 161 

 Acid-fast staining of bacteria: discussion, 



304; methods, 312 

 Acid fuchsin: counterstain, 129, 231; in 



Mallory's triple connective tissue stain, 



147; in Masson stain, 152, 154; in Penta- 



chrome stain, 163 

 Acid mucopolysaccharides: 269; m-^tachro- 



matic methods, 280; staining of, 269 

 Acid N solutions, 408 

 Acidophilic, definition, 110 

 Acid phosphatase, 343 

 Acid reagents for decalcification, 25 

 Acridine orange: for fungi, 324; for exfoli- 

 ative cytology, 359; for mucin, 274; for 



neurological tissue, 202 

 Acriflavine dihydrochloride, 296 

 Adhesives: albumen, 412; blood serum, 414 



gelatine, 412 

 Agar for freezing method, 63 

 Albumen fixative (Mayer's): formula, 412 



use of, 58 

 Alcian blue method: for acid mucopoly 



saccharides, 269; in pentachrome stain 



162 

 Alcohol dilution for dehydration and hydra 



tion, 31 

 Alcohol for anesthetizing invertebrates, 372 

 Aldehyde fuchsin stain, 168; with PAS for 



pituitary, 287 -^ 



Aldehyde reactions, 266 



Alizarine red S method: for calcium, 237; 



for embryos, 172 

 Alkaline alcohol, formula, 410 

 Alkaline phosphatase, 341 

 Altmann's fixative, 16 

 Altmann's method for mitochondria, 263; 



Altniann-Benda method, 264 

 Alum cochineal, 105 

 Aminopetidase, 345 

 Ammerman's fixative, 16 

 Ammoniacal silver solutions, 176 

 Ammonium hydroxide N solutions, 408 

 Amoebae, fixing and staining, 384; parasitic: 



section technic, 390; smears, 386 

 Amphibian larvae, fixing, 379 

 Amyloid: definition, 146; metachromatic 



methods, 278; staining of, 274 

 Anesthetizing invertebrates, 371 

 Aniline alcohol, 149 

 Aniline blue: counterstain, 130, 231; Ko- 



neff's, 160; Mallory's, 147, 149; Masson's, 



153 

 Aniline dyes, description, 109 

 Aniline-fuchsin, Altmann's, 263 

 Aniline-xylol, see Carbol-xylol 

 Anisotropic, 99 



Annelides: anesthetizing, 372; fixation, 375 

 Annular ring diaphragms, 97 

 Antigen-antibodies, Coon's fluorescent tech- 

 nic, 330 

 Apathy's gum syrup, 119 

 Apochromatic objective, 89 

 Aqueous mounting media, 118; mounting 



technics, 122 

 Arachnids: killing and fixing, 376; whole 



mount preparation, 379 

 Araldite (epoxy resin), electron microscopy, 



401 

 Areolar tissue, 145 

 Argentaffin reaction: discussion, 247; for 



enterochromaffin cells, 248; for uric acid, 



247 

 Arginine test, 353 

 Arthropods: killing and fixing, 372, 377; 



whole mount preparation, 379 

 Artifacts, 4 



Ascaris, uteri fixation, 379 

 Asphyxiation, anesthetizing invertebrates, 



372 

 Astrocyte impregnation, 193 



458 



