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TITLE PAGE, DEDICATION, LIST OP ILLUSTRATIONS, AND TABLE OF 



CONTENTS, . . . . . . . . i. to xv. 



PART FIRST. 



TECHNOLOGY. 

 THE LABORATORY MICROSCOPE. 



DESCRIPTION OF THE STAND, ....... 1 



LENSES, ......... 3 



GENERAL ADJUSTMENT, ... .... 4 



ADJUSTMENT FOR ILLUMINATION, ...... 4 



ADJUSTMENT FOR Focus, ....... 5 



METHOD IN OBSERVATION, . . . . . . 6 



CONSERVATION OF THE EYESIGHT, . . . . . .7 



MAGNIFYING POWER, . . . . . . 7 



MEASUREMENT OF OBJECTS, . . . . . . .8 



SKETCHING FROM THE INSTRUMENT, ..... 9 



PREPARATION OF TISSUES FOR MICROSCOPICAL PURPOSES. 



TISSUE TEASING, . . . . . . . .9 



SECTION CUTTING, ........ 9 



FREE-HAND SECTION CUTTING, . . . . . . .10 



CUTTING WITH THE STIRLING MICROTOME, . . . .12 



CUTTING WITH SCHRAUER'S MICROTOME, . . . . .12 



CUTTING WITH THE AUTHOR'S MICROTOME, .... 14 



SHARPENING KNIVES HONING AND STROPPING, . . . .16 



PARAFFIN SOLDERING, ....... 18 



TISSUE HARDENING, . . . . . . . .20 



RAPID HARDENING WITH ALCOHOL, . . . . .21 



HARDENING WITH MULLER'S FLUID, . . . . . .22 



HARDENING WITH CHROMIC ACID, ...... 22 



DECALCIFYING AND DISSOCIATING, . . . . . .23 



IMBEDDING AND INFILTRATING WITH BAYBERRY WAX, . . 23 



IMBEDDING AND INFILTRATING WITH CELLOIDIN, . . . .24 



