PEACTICAL HISTOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY. 



CHAPTEE I. 



INTRODUCTION. 



HISTOLOGY or the minute anatomy of healthy tissue as 

 revealed by the microscope, has made vast strides in 

 the last few years, and now forms a most important 

 part of Medical education ; a thorough knowledge of 

 the normal structure of the animal tissues being ab- 

 solutely necessary for the appreciation of pathological 

 change. 



This subject is now taught at the Medical schools, 

 and there is no excuse for a student who has finished 

 his curriculum without some knowledge of practical 

 histology, and of the minute anatomy of the human, 

 body. 



There are many, however, who qualified some years 

 ago when little attention was paid to this subject, who 

 have consequently no practical knowledge of the methods 

 required to prepare any morbid growth they may meet 

 in their professional career, or how to set about a micro- 

 scopical examination of the same. 



With a view to help those who have not been able 

 to get the necessary knowledge during their student 

 career, and also those students who wish to form a 

 Laboratory at home, the present work has been written, 



