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The tissue is cut in celloidin, and the sections placed in 



1 p.c. aqueous acid magenta for 2 to 5 minutes and washed 



quickly 

 1 p.c. aqueous phospho-molybdic acid for 1 to 2 minutes, 



and washed well 

 aniline blue and orange G (cp. p. 311) for 1 to 3 minutes, 



washed in water ; and mounted in xylol-balsam. 



The neuroglia fibres should be stained deep red, the connec- 

 tive tissue blue, the nerve cells and axons light red. 



Neither method of staining neuroglia is very satisfactory. 



