INDEX. 



ABSOLUTE alcohol, hardening 



tissues by, 49. 

 Acetate of potash, 103. 

 Adenoid tissue, 58. 

 Alcohol, as a hardening agent, 41 ; 



dilute, 54. 

 Algae, fluid for mounting, 104 ; to 



clean diatoms on, 146. 

 Alum cochineal staining, 86. 

 Ammonia carmine staining fluid, 



82. 



Ammonium bichromate, 46. 

 AmMin blue black, 86. 

 Anilin colors as stains, 87 ; list of, 



88. 



Anilin stainings, clearing, 91. 

 Animal tissues, preparation of, 38. 

 Animal, to inject an, 71, 73. 

 Apparatus,list of , for laboratory, 32. 

 Aqueous humour of eye, 16. 

 Aqueous injection fluids, 65. 

 Art, microscopical, 7. 

 Asphalt varnish, 107. 

 Astigmatism, 21. 



B. 



BACILLI and bacteria, staining, 

 91, 92, 93, 94; Rev. Gordon 

 Thompson's process, 94. 



Balsam, Canada and xylol, 78. 



Beale, Dr., on instruments and 

 their uses, 27; on methods of 

 preparation, 6. 



Beetle, muscle of, 49. 



Bell's cement, 106. 



Bichromate of potass ; 45. 



Binocular vision, 24, 25. 



Bismarck brown, 89. 



Blood vessels, 57 ; injection of, 61, 



69. 

 Blue injection mass, 64 ; fluids, 



66, 67, 68. 

 Borax-carmine staining fluid, 83. 



C. 



CAMERA lucida, in microscopical 

 drawing, 167. 



Canada balsam, 99 ; mounting in, 

 133 ; diatoms in, 149. 



Capillary vessels, 61 ; develop- 

 ment of, 59 ; injecting, 69. 



Carmine injection fluids, 65, 66; 

 mass, 62 ; staining, 78 ; fluids, 

 Beale's, 82; Huxley's, 83; 

 Eanvier's, 82. 



Carrot, embedding in, 111. 



Cartilage cells, 56. 



Cathcart microtome, 127. 



Celloidin embedding, 117. 



Cement, BeU's, 106; dammar, 

 105; gelatine, 106; gold size, 

 107 ; gutta-percha, 107 ; marine 

 glue, 107 ; mastic, 109 ; shellac, 

 107 ; white zinc, 107. 



Cement substance of muscle, 58. 



Cements, 105. 



Chemicals for laboratory, list of, 

 34. 



