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two ; a spoon (Fig. 4) for lifting sections of tissues from the 

 fluids in which they have been immersed ; a pair of needles 

 (Fig. 5) in handles for teasing or tearing tissues ; (the handles 

 used for crochet needles, or the pin-slides sold by jewelers, 

 may be fitted with ordinary milliners needles, which are long, 

 delicate, and flexible, and therefore well adapted for this 



FIG. 4. 



FIG. 5. Microscopic Needle-holder. 



work) a sable or camel's hair brush for removing cellular 

 elements, so as to bring particular parts into prominence ; bibu- 

 lous paper ; a sharp knife (Fig. 6) for cutting thin sections ; l 



1 For this purpose the razors made by Le Coultre, in Geneva, have been highly 

 recommended, but good knives may be obtained of almost any cutler ; indeed, most 

 of the makers of surgical instruments furnish them ; they are usually flat on one 

 side and slightly concave on the other. 



