ABBREVIATIONS XXXI 



ABBREVIATIONS 



1 fi (Greek letter for micron) = l/lOOOth part of a millimeter (mm.) = 0.001 mm. = 10~' 



mm. = 10,000 A = approximately l/25,000th of an inch. 

 1 m^ (millimicron) = 1/lOOOth part of a micron = l/l,000,000th part of a mm. = 10~* mm. 



= 0.001 M = 10 A. 

 1 A (Angstrom unit) = 0.1 m/ii = 0.0001 n = 10"^ mm. 

 1 MM (micromicron) = 1/1, 000,000th part of a micron = 1/1, 000, 000, 000th part of a mm. = 



10-» mm. = 0.000,001 a« = lO"" A. 

 1 Kg. = approximately 2.2 lbs. 



1 gm. = 10-' Kg., 0.001 K., 1000 mgm., 1,000,000 ng. 

 1 mgm. = 10-« Kg., 10-» gm., 1000 Mg- 

 1 /ig. = I7 = 10^ Kg., 10-8 gm., 10-' mgm. 

 m^g = 1/1,000,000 mgm. 



A^ NaCl is normal solution of sodium chloride, see Normal Solution. 

 M HCl is molecular solution of hydrochloric acid, see Molecular Solution. 

 M = mole. 

 mM => millimole. 

 ME = milligram equivalent. 

 1 ml (milliliter = l/l,000th part of a liter = 1 cc. (approx.) that is 1 cc. + 0.000027 cc. at 



40°C. 

 M» = 1/1,000 ml 



1 ml (milliliter) = l/l,000th part of a liter = 1 cc. (approx.). 

 CI 76 means that the number of a dye is 76 in the Colour Index of the Society of Dyers and 



Colourists. 

 CC. given after a dye signifies that it has been certified by the Biological Stain Commission 



The following publications are simply referred to by author, or senior author, 

 or editor's name and page number (cf. Conn, p. 26). 



Bensley, R. R. and S. H., Handbook of Histological and Cytological Technique, Univ. 

 Chicago Press, 1938, 167 pp. 



BouBNE, G., Cytology and Cellular Physiology, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1942, 296 pp. 

 (Second Edition, 1951, 524 pp.) 



Conn, H. J., Biological Stains, Geneva, N. Y.: Biotech Publications, 1940, 308 pp. 



CowDRY, E. v., Textbook of Histology, Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger, 1938, 600 pp., 3rd 

 Edition, 1950, 640 pp. 



Craig, C. F., Laboratory Diagnosis of Protozoan Diseases, Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger 

 1942, 349 pp. 



Downey, H., Handbook of Hematology, New York: Hoeber, 1938, 3136 pp. 



Emig, W. H., Stain Technique, Lancaster: Science Press Printing Co., 1941, 75 pp. 



Glasser, O. (Editor), Medical Physics, Chicago: Year Book Publishers, 1944, 1744 pp. 



Glick, David, Techniques of Histo- and Cytochemistry. New York: Interscience Pub- 

 lishers, Inc., 1949, 531 pp. 



Lee, Bolles, The Microtomists' vade-mecum. Philadelphia: P. Blakiston's Son & Co. 

 (Tenth Edition, Edited by J. B. Gatenby and T. S. Painter, 1937, 784 pp. Eleventh 

 Edition edited by J. B. Gatenby and H. W. Beams, 1950, 753 pp.) 



LiLLiE, R. D., Histopathologic Technic. Philadelphia: Blakiston, 1948, 300 pp. 



LisoN, L., Histochemie Animale, Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1936, 320 pp. 



Mallory, F. B., Pathological Technique, Philadelphia: Saunders, 1938, 434 pp. 



McClung, C. a., Microscopical Technique, New York: Hoeber, 1938, 698 pp., 2nd Edition 

 by Ruth McClung Jones, 1950, 790 pp. 



