CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. THK HISTORY AND IMPORTANCE or MICROSCOPIC IN- 

 VESTIGATION, .... .- 13 

 II. THE MICROSCOPE, .... 22 



III. ADJUNCTS TO THE MICROSCOPE, . . .41 



IV. How TO USE THE MICROSCOPE, . . 51 

 V. ON MOUNTING AND PRESERVING OBJECTS FOR EXA- 

 MINATION, . . . . .55 



VI. ON PROCURING OBJECTS FOR THE MICROSCOPE, 67 



VII. TEST OBJECTS, . . . . .110 



VIII. ON DISSECTING OBJECTS FOR THE MICROSCOPE, 118 



IX. THE CELL-DOCTRINE OF PHYSIOLOGY, . . 129 



X. EXAMINATION OF MORBID STRUCTURES, ETC., 139 



XI. ON MINUTE INJECTIONS, . . . 158 



XII. EXAMINATION OF URINARY DEPOSITS, . .169 



XIII. ON POLARIZED LIGHT, . . . . 188 



XIV. MISCELLANEOUS HINTS TO MICROSCOPISTS, . 196 



