INDEX. 



The numbers refer to the Pages. 



A. 



ABBE, mounting medium, 281. 



Absolute alcohol, 71, 72, 81. 



Acanthocephali, 474. 



Acetate of copper, 65. 



Acetate of lead, 382. 



Acetate of potash, for bluing haema- 

 tein stains, 181. 



Acetate of potash, for mounting, 271. 



Acetate of potash, refractive index, 81. 



Acetate of uranium, 36, 65. 



Acetic acid, action in fixing mixtures, 

 2325, 49, 51, 62, 63; fixing 

 with, 62 ; Lo BIANCO'S " concen- 

 trated," 62; due proportions in 

 mixtures, 63; various mixtures, 

 63 et seq. 



Acetic acid carmine, Ifi9. 



Acetic alcohol, 63, 382; ditto with 

 sublimate, 64. 



Acetic bichromate, 50. 



Aceto-carmine, 169. 



Acetone, for celloidin imbedding, 123 



Acetone, for dehydration, 5. 



Acetone, sublimate solution, 57. 



Acid alcohol, 72, 73. 



Acid differentiation, 198, 203. 



" Acid " dyes, 193. 



Acid extraction, 198, 203. 



Acid, free, test for, see Congo red, 219, 

 220. 



Acid f uchsin, 215. 



Acid haemalum, 183. 



Acid magenta, 215. 



Acid rubin, 215. 



Acidophilous mixture, 223. 



Acids, see Acetic, Chromic, Hydro- 

 chloric, Nitric, Osmic, etc. 



Acids, Congo red as a test for, 219, 220. 



Actinida, 484. 



ADAMKIBWICS, myelin stain, 408. 



Adenoid tissue, 437. 



Adipose tissue, 437. 



Adjective staining, 159. 



After-gilding, 251, 256. 



AGABABOW, elastic tissue, 441. 



AOASSIZ and WHITMAN, pelagic ova, 

 346. 



Albumen, examination media, 271, 272. 



Albumen, freezing method, 139. 



Albumen, injection mass, 307. 



Albumen, section-fixing process, 143 

 145, 147. 



Alcohol, for dehydration, 4 ; for pre- 

 servation, 5, 272; for narcotisa- 

 tion, 14 ; for fixing, 6972 ; for 

 hardening, 70 ; for maceration, 

 313 ; removal of, 6 ; absolute, 71 ; 

 methylated, 497; acetic, 63, 64; 

 one-third, 71 ; hydrochloric acid, 

 72 ; tests for purity, 70, 72 ; table 

 for diluting, 498 ; the usual 

 grades, 497. 



Alcoholic carmines, 172 176. 



Alcoholic cochineal, 174 176. 



Alcyonaria, 485. 



Aldehyde, 421. 



ALEXANDER, reconstruction, 332. 



ALFEROW, silver impregnation, 246. 



ALFIERI, bleaching, 328. 



Alizarin, artificial, 227. 



ALLEN, methylen blue, 233. 



