

OUTLINES 



OF 



PRACTICAL HISTOLOGY. 



PART I. 

 INTRODUCTION. 



APPARATUS REQUIRED. 



i. THE student who is entering upon the study of Practical 

 Histology must be provided with a compound micro- 

 scope capable of giving a low magnifying power of about 

 50 diameters, and a high power of about 300 diameters ; a 

 thin-bladed razor of good steel ( 294); a pair of strong 

 needles in handles ( 290); scalpels, forceps, and scissors, 

 such as are found in an ordinary dissecting case, the bent 

 scissors shown in Fig. 5 5 are, however, to be preferred ; 

 three or four camel-hair brushes of medium size ; five or 

 six dozen ground glass slides, 3x1 inch ; about a hundred 

 extra thin circular cover-glasses, j inch in diameter ; a box 

 to hold about fifty preparations. The student will thus be 

 enabled to preserve the principal specimens made during 

 the course of study indicated in the following pages. 



2. He should also be provided with the following set 

 of the ordinary reagents and mounting fluids. These may 

 be conveniently placed in one-ounce bottles, with ordinary 

 corks (Fig. 2).* 



* Corks of vulcanised indiarubber are not suitable. 

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