CONTENTS. 



PART I. 

 GENERAL METHODS. 



CHAPTER I. 



PAGB 



INTRODUCTORY I 



CHAPTER II. 



APPARATUS, MATERIAL, AND REAGENTS EMPLOYED 



IN A BACTERIOLOGICAL LABORATORY . . . 5 



a. Histological apparatus ...... 5 



b. Reagents and materials employed in the processes of hardening, 



decalcifying, embedding, fixing, and cutting of tissues . . 7 



c. Reagents for examining and staining microscopical preparations . 9 



d. Reagents for mounting and preserving preparations . .16 

 c. Drawing and photographic apparatus . . . 17 



f. Sterilisation apparatus . . . . . -19 



g. Apparatus and material for preparing and storing gelatine- and 



agar-agar-peptone-broth . . . . .21 



h. Apparatus for employment of nutrient jelly in test-tube and plate 



cultivations ....... 24 



i. Apparatus for preparation of potato cultivations . . .28 



j. Apparatus for preparation of solidified sterile blood serum . 29 



k. Apparatus for storing, and for cultivations in, liquid media . 31 



/. Apparatus for incubation . . . . . .32 



ni. Inoculating and dissecting instruments and apparatus in common use 41 

 n. General laboratory requisites . . . . .42 



