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Phloxin - Tartrazine {A. C. LendrunCs technique)^ a gen- 

 eral histological stain and for the demonstration of 



inclusion bodies . . . . . . . . . . . . i88 



PiCRO - NiGROSiN for Eleidin and Keratin . . . . . . 189 



Protargol - Gallocyanin (Foley) for nerve fibres, sheaths 



and cells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 



PuRPURiN for calcium deposits in pathological tissues . . 192 



Quincke Reaction for Haemosiderin . . . . . . 193 



Rhodamine B - Aniline Methylene Blue for splenic and 



lymphoid tissues . . . . . . . . • • i93 



Saffron for connective tissue. . . . . . . . . . 194 



Safranin - Crystal Violet - Fast Green - Orange 2 



(S. S. Kalter's Quadruple Stain) . . . . . . 195 



Safranin - Water Blue (Unna) for Collagen fibres . . 197 

 Scarlet R - Ethylene Glycol, an improved technique for 



staining fat . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 97 



Scarlet R for staining fat . . . . . . , . . . 198 



Silver Carbonate - Aniline Blue - Fast Green, for 



reticulin, elastin and collagen . . . . . . . . 199 



Silver Nitrate - Gold Chloride - Paracarmine (Da 



Fano) for Golgi apparatus . . . . . . . . 202 



Silver Nitrate - Hydroquinone for the detection of gold 



in fixed tissues of experimental animals . . . . 203 



Sudan Black (J. R. Baker's technique) for lipids . . . . 204 



Sudan Black, a specific stain for neutral fats . . . . 207 



Sudan Black - Ethylene Glycol, an improved technique 



for lipid staining . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 



Sudan Blue for demonstrating degenerated myelin . . 209 



Sudan Brown for acute fatty degeneration not shown by 



Scarlet R . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 



Sudan 2 for degenerating and intact myelin and fat . . . . 210 



Thionin (Ehrlich) for mucin 211 



Thionin (Ehrlich) for the differential staining of entamoeba 212 



Thionin (Ehrlich) for nerve cells . . . . . . . . 213 



Thionin for demonstrating malignant cells in biopsy material 213 



ToLuiDiNE Blue for mucus . . . . . . . . . . 214 



Trichrome Stain (G. Gomori) for connective tissue, etc. 214 

 Trichrome Stain (Masson), modified for pituitary gland, 



epithelium, thyroid nerve (normal and .tumour) etc. . . 215 



B xvii 



