Index 



459 



Auraniin staining of tubercle bacilli, 316 



Aurantia connterstain, 264 



Automatic tissue processors, 42 



Autoradiograpby, 395 



Auxochrome, 111 



Axis cylinders, staining, 201, 214 



Azan stain, 149 



Azocarmine, 149 



Azo-coupling methods: acid phosphatase, 

 344; alkaline phosphatase, 342; amino- 

 peptidase, 345; enterochromaffm cells, 

 252; esterase, 347; succinic dehydrogenase, 

 350 



Azure A-Schiff reagent, 302 



Azure B, with phloxine and methylene blue, 

 229 



Azure II, in Maximow's stain, 227 



Azures in polychroming, 110 



Bacteria: description, 304; acid fast stains, 

 312; capsule staining, 317; fluorescent 

 stain, 316; Gram stains, 317 



Barbitol buffer, Gomori's, 416 



Barnstead still, 32 



Basement membranes: definition, 145; stain- 

 ing, 159, 162 



Basic fuchsin: capsule staining, 317; Mal- 

 lory's stain, 147; Negri body staining, 328; 

 resorcin-fuchsin, 162; Schiff's reagent, 293, 

 294 



Basophilic, definition, 110 



Basophils (leukocytes), staining, 220 



Bauer Feidgen method for ghcogen, 301 



Benda's staining solution, 265 



Benzene clearing for paraffin method, 33 



Benzidine method for hemoglobin, 238 



Berberine, source, 106 



Berlese mounting medium, 120 



Berlin blue method for iron, 233 



Best's carmine for glycogen, 267 



Biebrich scarlet: connterstain, 130; for sex 

 chromatin, 366 



Bielschowsky-Foot silver method for reticu- 

 lum, 179 



Bielschowsky methods of silver impregna- 

 tion, 176, 201 



Bile pigment staining, 240, 245 



Bilirubin, 232 



Biliverdin, 232 



Biological Stain Commission, 1 12 



Bioloid mounting resin, 118 



Biopsies, surgical, freezing method, 63 



Birefringent plates, 98 



Bismarck brown staining of mast cells, 277 



Blocking: freezing method, 63; nitrocellu- 

 lose method, 73; paraffm method, 51 



Blood parasites, staining, 219, 221 



Blood serum adhesive, 414 



Blood smears: thick, 221; thin, 219; recovery 

 of old or precipitated smears, 221 



Bodian method for nerve fibers and end- 

 ings, 203 



Body fluids, 29, 38, 356 



Bone: formation, 172; decalcified, 170; hand 

 ground, undecalcified, 171; matrix stain- 

 ing, 148 



Bone marrow: description, 218; staining, 

 227 



Borax carmine staining, 382 



Bordeaux red connterstain, 130 



Boric acid-Borax buffer. Holmes', 416 



Bouin-Duboscq fixative, 13 



Bouin's fixative, 13 



Boutons, see Pericellular end-bulbs 



Brazilin, source, 106 



Brightfield microscopy, 88 



Brown and Brenn's stain for bacteria, 307 



Bryozoa: anesthetizing, 372; fixation, 375; 

 staining, 377 



Buffer ingredients, molecular weights, 414 



Buffer solutions, 414 



Butanol, see Butyl alcohol 



Butyl alcohol, use as dehydrant, 31 



Butyl methacrylate for electron microscopy, 

 402 



Cajal silver methods, see Ram6n y Cajal 

 Calcium: removal, 25; staining, 236 

 Canada balsam, 116 

 Capsule staining, 317 

 Carbohydrates, see Saccharides 

 Carbol-crystal violet, 309 

 Carbol-fuchsin, formula and use, 312, 314 

 Carbol-new fuchsin, 313, 315 

 Carbol-xylol, formula, 410 

 Carbon, identification, 245 

 Carlion dioxide, use of, 62 

 Carbow ax, see Water soluble waxes 

 Carmine: for amoebae, 391; borax carmine, 



382; carmalum, 383; source, 105 

 Carmine (Best's) for glycogen, 267 

 Carnoy's fixative, 16 

 Carno)-Lebrim, 17 

 Cartilage staining, 152, 276, 280 

 Castaneda's method for rickettsia, 325 

 C.C., Commission Certified, 113 

 Cedarwood oil for clearing, 34 

 Celestin blue, 230, 284; in Mallory's stain, 



149 

 Cell Jjlocks, 29, 38, 228 



Celloidin technic, see Nitrocellulose method 

 Cellosolve, 34 



Cellulose tape mounting, 394 

 Certification label, 113 

 Cestodes: fixation, 374; staining, 382, 384 

 Champy fixative, 17 



