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Carbol Fuchsin - Haematoxylin for tubercle bacilli in 



mammalian tissues . . . . . . . . . . 8i 



Carbol Fuchsin - Haematoxylin - Picro Acid Fuchsin 



for M. leprae in sections . . .-. .. .. .. 82 



Carbol Fuchsin - Iodine - Haematoxylin - Orange G 

 for demonstrating leprosy organisms together with 

 neurokeratin of the myelin sheath . . . . . . 83 



Carbol Fuchsin - Methyl Green for demonstrating 



hyaline substance . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 



Carbol Thionin - Picric Acid (Schmorl) for bone cana- 



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Carmine - Methylene Blue (Schultz-Schmitz Stain) for 



demonstrating sodium urate in animal tissues . . 86 



Celestin Blue - Chromotrope 2R (Lendrum), a substitute 

 for haematoxylin-eosin for simple diagnostic or photo- 

 graphic purposes . . . . . . . . . . - . . 88 



Celestin Blue - Orcein - Light Green (Lendrum) for 



breast carcinoma and skin lesions . . . . . . 89 



Chlorazol Black, a general-purpose stain for whole tissues 



and for sections . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 



Congo Red for amyloid . . . . . . . . . . 91 



Congo Red - Aniline Blue - Orange G for elastic 



UDlCd •• •• •• •• •• •• •• V 



Congo Red - Ehrlich Haematoxylin for eleidin and ker- 



atohyalin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 



Cresylfast Violet - Toluidine Blue - Thionin, a tribasic 

 stain for nerve cells and Nissl granules in normal and 

 pathological tissues . . . . . . . . . . 93 



Dahlia, Acetic (Ehrlich) for mast cell granules in sec- 

 tions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 



DoPA Reagent for melanoblasts . . . . . . . . 95 



Elastin Stain (Weigert) for elastic tissues . . . . 96 



Elastin Stain (Sheridan) for elastic tissues . . . . 97 



Elastin - Trichrome Stain for elastic, smooth muscle and 



collagenic fibres . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 



Eosin Azur 2 - Haematoxylin (Maximow) for demonstrat- 

 ing changes of haemopoietic tissues . . . . . . 99 



Ethyl Violet - Biebrich Scarlet (Bowie) for pepsinogen 



granules in gastric mucosa . . . . . . . . 100 



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