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Haematoxylin - PiCRO Ponceau S, a selective stain for 

 collagen and connective tissue in place of Haematoxylin 

 - Van Gieson . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 



Haematoxylin (Weigert) - Ponceau Fuchsin (Curtis) for 



collagen and connective tissue . . . . . . . . 123 



Haematoxylin - Ponceau Fuchsin - Fast Green, FCF, 



a differential stain for pathological tissues . . . . 124 



Haematoxylin - Ponceau S - Picro Aniline Blue, a 



differential stain for muscle and connective tissues . . 125 



Haematoxylin (Weigert) - Scarlet R for demonstrating 

 fatty acid crystals, soaps and neutral fats in fat 

 necrosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 



Haematoxylin (Ehrlich) - Van Gieson, a selective stain for 



collagen and connective tissue . . . . . . . . 127 



Haematoxylin (Heidenhain) - Van Gieson, a selective stain 



for collagen and connective tissue . . . . . . 128 



Hickson's Purple, a general stain for class work . . 130 



Hickson's Purple - Victoria Green, G, a general stain 



suitable for class work . . . . . . . . . . 130 



Hitchcock and Ehrlich's Mixture for lymphatic, ganglion, 

 plasma and basophilic cells; immature cells of bone 

 marrow, striated muscle and fibrin .. .. .. 131 



Jenner Stain for blood-forming organs . . . . . . 132 



Jenner - GiEMSA Stain for the polychromatic staining of 



blood-forming organs .. .. .. .. ..133 



Lead Haematoxylin - Acid Fuchsin (MacConaill), a 

 "definitive" polychrome stain for the central nervous 

 system and the trunks outside it . . . . . . 134 



Leishman Stain for the general differentiation of blood 



corpuscles; for malarial parasites ; trypanosomes, etc. 135 



Leuco Patent Blue for haemoglobin . . . . . . 136 



Levaditi's Stain for Treponema palHdum in sections . . 138 



Light Green - Acid Fuchsin (Alzheimer) for demonstrat- 

 ing neuroglia changes .. .. .. .. .,138 



LiGNiN Pink, for whole mounts of marine vertebrates, etc. 



and for chitin . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 



Lithium Silver (Laidlaw) for staining skin and tumours . . 141 



LoRRAiN - Smith - Dietrich Stain for lipoids . . . . 143 



Lugol's Iodine for the identification of glycogen . . 143 



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