X CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER V. 

 MODERN METHODS OF EXAMINATION. 



Preliminary Preparation of Objects Minute Dissection Preparation of 

 Loose Textures Preparation by Teasing Preparation by Section 

 Staining Tissues Injecting Tissues Preparation in Viscid Media 

 Fluid Media Indifferent Fluids Chemical Reagents Staining Fluids 

 Injecting Fluids Preservative Fluids Cements, . . 58-76 



CHAPTER VI. 



MOUNTING AND PRESERVING MICROSCOPIC OBJECTS. 



Opaque Objects Cells Dry Objects Mounting in Balsam or Dammar 

 Mounting in Fluid Cabinets Collecting Objects Aquaria, 76-83 



CHAPTER VII. 

 THE MICROSCOPE IN MINERALOGY AND GEOLOGY. 



Preparation of Specimens Examination of Specimens Crystalline Forms 

 Crystals within Crystals Cavities in Crystals Use of Polarized 

 Light Origin of Rock Specimens Materials of Organic Origin 

 Microscopic Palaeontology, 84-98 



CHAPTER VIII. 

 THE MICROSCOPE IN CHEMISTRY. 



Apparatus and Modes of Investigation Preparation of Crystals for the 

 Polariscope Use of the Microspectroscope Inverted Microscope 

 General Micro-chemical Tests Determination of Substances Al- 

 kalies Acids Metallic Oxides Alkaloids Crystalline Forms of 

 Salts, 98-115 



CHAPTER IX. 



THE MICROSCOPE IN BIOLOGY. 



Theories of Life Elementary Unit or Cell Cell-structure and Formation 

 Phenomena of Bioplasm Movements of Cells Microscopic Dem- 

 onstration of Bioplasm Chemistry of Cells and their Products Va- 

 rieties of Bioplasm Cell-genesis Reproduction in Higher Organisms 

 Alternation of Generations Parthenogenesis Transformation and 

 Metamorphosis Discrimination of Living Forms, . . 116-127 



