CONTENTS. 



PART I. 



CHAP. PAGE 



I. APPARATUS KEQU1KED . . . . . . I 



II. THK MICROSCOPE AND ITS ACCESSORIES .....' 5 



III. NORMAL OR INDIFFERENT FLUIDS ...... 24 



IV. DISSOCIATING FLUIDS 24 



V. HOW TO TEASE A TISSUE . . . . . . . .26 



VI. FIXING AND HARDENING FLUIDS 2"J 



VII. DECALCIFYING FLUIDS 36 



VIII. PREPARING TISSUES FOR MICROSCOPICAL EXAMINATION . . 38 



IX. EMBEDDING . 40 



X. SECTION CUTTING e 48 



XI. FIXATIVES . . . , . . . . .60 



XII. STAINING REAGENTS . 63 



XIII. CLARIFYING REAGENTS ........ 82 



XIV. MOUNTING FLUIDS AND METHODS ...... 85 



XV. INJECTING BLOOD-VESSELS AND GLAND-TUBES .... 89 



XVI. EXAMINATION OF FRESH TISSUES AND FLUIDS .... 92 



PART II. 



LESSON 



I. MILK, GRANULES, FIBRES, AND VEGETABLE ORGANISMS . . 97 



II. THE BLOOD I06 



III. HUMAN BLOOD, CRYSTALS FROM BLOOD, AND BLOOD PLATELETS 11$ 

 IV. EPITHELIUM (STRATIFIED) AND ENDOTHELIUM . . . .124 



V. COLUMNAR, SECRETOHY, AND TRANSITIONAL EPITHELIUM . . 131 



VI. CILIATED EPITHELIUM ........ 135 



VII. KARYOKINESIS OR MITOSIS .... . 141 



VIII. CELLULAR AND HYALINE CARTILAGE. ..... 146 



IX. THK FIBRO-CARTILAGES, WHITE AND YELLOW . . . . 15 1 



X. CONNECTIVE TISSUE 1 5 6 



XI. TENDON . 163 



