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The smear is air-dried, fixed in flame, stained for a few seconds while 

 warm, washed and dried. 



The cytoplasm of the endamabae stains a light purplish violet, the 

 nuclei a deeper reddish violet. Ingested blood corpuscles are nearly- 

 black. Pus cells are a light blue. Bacteria are well stained, the fusi- 

 form bacilli and spirilla being especially plain. 



The stain deteriorates in three to four months. — G. H. S. 



