INDEX 



141 



Slide cabinets, 76, 77 

 Slides, cleaning, 49, 113 



finishing, 75, 76 



flattening specimens between, 85 



kinds of, 3 



storage of, 76 



with ground end for labeling, 76 

 Smears, bacterial, 100, 102, 104 



blood, 27, 49 



fixation of, 50, 98 



protozoan, 16, 98 



staining, 16, 51 



thick, 50 

 Smith's picro-spirit blue, 24 

 Sodium acetate, 22 

 Sodium carbonate, 93 

 Sodium hypochlorite for, hydrolyzing spu- 

 tum, 104 



skeletonizing plant tissues, 107 

 Sodium salicylate, 67 

 Sodium sulfate, fixative properties of, 7 



in, Helly's fixative, 8 

 Zenker's fixative, 8 

 Solvents, "universal," 31 

 Spencer microtome, 61 

 Spermatogenesis, 120 

 Spirit blue, 24 

 Sporozoa, 98 

 Sputum, 104 



Square ground microtome knife, 62 

 Staining, bacteria, 100, 102, 104 



chromosomes, 122 



intestine, 114 



jars for, 5 



lignified tissues, 108 



plant skeletons, 106 



smears, 51 



solutions {see under inventor, ingredient or 

 purpose) 



techniques, complex, for animal tissues, 25 

 for plant tissues, 27 

 Steam, for fixing, 42, 50 

 Stender dish, 4 

 Stones, sharpening, 63 

 Stropping microtome knives, 64 

 Sudan IV, 29 

 Sulfiaric acid, 21 

 Synthetic nuclear stains, 21 

 Syracuse watch glass, 4 

 Syrup, 72 



Tap water, for blueing hematoxylin, 17, 93 

 Terpineol for clearing, 32 



chick embryos, 93 



frozen sections, 74 



wholemounts, 45, 87 

 Thysanura, 82 

 Tin cells, 41 

 Tissue blocks, staining before embedding, 20 



Toluene, 32 

 Toluidine blue, 29 

 Tongue, 125 



Transparency, preservation of, 7 

 Trichloroacetic acid in, Kolmer's fixative, 1 1 

 McNamara, Murphy and Gore's decalci- 

 fier, 13 

 Triple stains, 25, 26 

 Tubercle bacilli, 104 



Tubes, for handling small objects, 45, 86 

 Turbellaria, 43 

 Tyroglyphidae, 82 



Uranyl acetate, 11 

 Urea, 11 



van Gieson's picro-fiachsin, 23, 126, 127 

 van Wijhe's stain, 29 

 Vertebrate embryos, 44 

 Vials, 4, 5 

 Vortex, 43 



Washing fixed tissues, 110 



Watchglasses, 4, 58 



Water immersion objectives, 123 



Water stone, 63 



Wax blocks, adjusting on microtome, 66 



mounting on holder, 64, 65 



storage of, 60 



trimming, 64 

 Wholemounts, applying coverslip to, 88 



choice of, clearing agent for, 45 

 stain for, 44 



cleaning, 75 



cleaning and labeling, 47 



flattening specimens for, 85 



in gum media, 40 



of chick embryo, 89 



of liver fluke, 95 



of mite, 81 



of Pectinatella, 84 



of thick objects, 40 



temporary, 39 

 Wright's stain, 27 



Xylene, 32 



"Zenker-formol" {see Heidenhain's fixative) 

 Zenker's fixative, 8, 43 

 Ziehl-Neelsen's technique, 104 

 Ziehl's carbolmagenta, 22 

 Zimmerman's lacquer, 74 



