CONTENTS. 



INTRODUCTORY. 



PAGE 



Essential parts of the microscope Accessory parts Appli- 

 ances for microscopic work General directions for work 13 



CHAPTER I. 



THE BLOOD. 



Examination of human blood Methods of warming Ac- 

 tion of reagents Mode of applying gases or vapors to a 

 preparation Frog's blood Phenomena exhibited by 

 white corpuscles Action of reagents on frog's blood 

 Mode of applying electricity to a preparation Blood- 

 crystals 25 



CHAPTER II. 



THE EPITHELIAL TISSUES. 



Scaly stratified epithelium Methods of separating epithelial 

 cells Columnar epithelium Iodized serum Fixation of 

 cover-glass Ciliated epithelium Ciliary motion Action 

 of reagents on ciliary motion . . . . .56 



CHAPTER III. 



CONNECTIVE TISSUE. 



Areolar tissue Fibres Corpuscles Action of acetic acid 

 Method of localized oedema Ground substance and cell 

 spaces Silver method Elastic tissue Fibrous tissue 

 Tendon cells and cell spaces Adipose tissue ... 70 



