CONTENTS 



PART FIRST 



TECHNOLOGY 



THE LABORATORY MICROSCOPE 



PAGE 



Description of the Stand 1 



Lenses 2 



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 



Teasing of Tissues 9 



Section Cutting 10 



Free-hand Section Cutting 10 



Section Cutting with the Stirling Microtome 12 



Section Cutting with the Larger Microtomes 15 



Sharpening Knives Honing and Stropping 16 



Supporting Tissues for Cutting 18 



Paraffin Soldering 18 



The Freezing Microtome 19 



Fixing or Hardening Fluids 20 



Alcohol Hardening 21 



Mailer's Fluid 22 



Orth's Fluid 22 



Formaldehyde 22 



Picric Alcohol 23 



Osmic Acid 23 



Flemming's Solution 23 



Chromic Acid 24 



Erlicki's Fluid 24 



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