INDEX. 



The numbers refer to the Paragraphs, not to the Pages. 



A. 



ABBE, mounting medium, 415. 

 Absolute alcohol, uses and preparation, 



2, 63, 355, 862. 

 Acanthocephali, 49, 60, 837. 

 Acephala, 813, 820, 821 ; and see Mol- 



lusca. 



Acetate of alumina, for mounting, 373. 

 Acetate of copper, 64, 386. 

 Acetate of lead, 87, 732. 

 Acetate of potash, 374, 394, 529. 

 Acetate of uranium, 65. 

 Acetic acid for fixing, 53, 54, 811, 849 



851. 



Aceto-carmine, 158, 875. 

 Acetone, for dehydration, 2, 

 Achromatic figure, 639. 

 Acid anilin dyes, 788. 

 Acid, free, test for in tissues, 132. 

 Acid fuchsin, 95, 98, 131; for nerve 



tissue, 722, 772, 773. 

 Acidophilous cell-elements, 788, 793. 

 Acids, see Acetic, Chromic, Formic, 



Hydrochloric, &c. 

 Acidulated alcohol, 63. 

 Actiniaria, 9, 1014, 17, 19, 542, 849. 

 ADAMKIEWICS, stain for nerve-centres, 



774. 



Adipose tissue, 36, 787. 

 Agar-agar, section fixative, 332. 

 A&ASSIZ and WHITMAN, pelagic ova, 



610. 

 Albumen, imbedding masses, 314, 321 ; 



injection mass, 498$ section-fixing 



process, 328; removal of, from ova, 



598 et seq., 871. 



Alcohol, its action on tissues, 2 ; fixing, 

 63; absolute, 63; "one third," 

 63; acetic, 54; acidulated, 63; 

 picric, 62 ; for hardening, 88, 89 ; 

 macerating, 525; preserving tis- 

 sues, 2, 378 ; clearing, 355 ; table 

 of the usual grades, 862. 



Alcohol-balsam, 419. 



Alcoholic carmines, 168 171. 



Alcoholic cochineal, 172, 173. 



Alcoholic haematem stains, 182 184, 

 190, 194. 



Alcyonaria, 7, 849. 



Alcyonella, 14. 



Alcyoniwm, 849. 



ALFEEOW, silver impregnation, 213. 



Alizarin, 200, 756. 



ALLEN, osmium impregnation, 233. 



ALT, Congo red, nerve stain, 724. 



ALTMANN, fixing methods, 37, 637; 

 bioblasts, 634, 637, 641; impreg- 

 nation and corrosion methods, 558. 



Alum, for fixing, 45 ; preserving, 372 ; 

 solubility in alcohol, 184; am- 

 monia-alum, solubility in water, 

 185 ; roche-alum, 190. 



Alum-carmine, 153 157; ditto, with 

 acetic acid, 156 ; with osmic acid, 

 155 ; with picric acid, 157. 



Alum-cochineal, 146, 154. 



Alumina, acetate, 373. 



Amaroecium, 612, 



Amber varnish, 446, 447. 



Ammonia, bichromate, 80, 732, 737, 

 738 ; neutral chromate, 81. 



Ammonia-alum, 185. 



Ammonia-carmine, 163 165, 745. 



