CONTENTS. 



PART I. 

 GENERAL METHODS. 



CHAPTER 1. 



PAGE 



INTRODUCTORY ........ i 



CHAPTER II. 



APPARATUS, MATERIAL AND REAGENTS EMPLOYED IN 

 A BACTERIOLOGICAL LABORATORY. 



a. Histological apparatus ."."-,- . . . -. 5 



b. Reagents and materials employed in the processes of hardening, 



decalcifying, embedding, fixing and cutting of tissues . . 7 



c. Reagents for examining and staining microscopical preparations . 9 



d. Reagents for mounting and preserving preparations . .16 



e. Drawing and photographic apparatus .-*.:.. . . 17 



f. Sterilisation apparatus . . */--.-' * . 19 



g. Apparatus and material for preparing and storing of gelatine-, 



and agar-agar-peptone-broth . . . .21 



h. Apparatus for employment of nutrient jelly in test-tube and plate- 

 cultivations . . . . . . .24 



i. Apparatus for preparation of potato cultivations . . .28 



j. Apparatus for preparation of solidified sterile blood serum . 29 



k. Apparatus for storing and for cultivations in liquid media. . 31 



/. Apparatus for incubation . . . . . 32 



m. Inoculating and dissecting instruments and apparatus in common use 39 



n. General laboratory requisites . -4 



