PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION. 



THIS book has been prepared for the use of those 

 students and practitioners of medicine who, with a 

 limited amount of time at their disposal, wish to 

 acquaint themselves in a practical way with Normal 

 Histology. It is especially designed for those who 

 study the science in classes, with an instructor 

 in a laboratory ; but the technical procedures are 

 described with sufficient fulness for the needs of 

 those who are obliged to pursue the study by them- 

 selves. 



The method adopted is to give a brief description 

 of the tissues and organs in appropriate sequence, 

 following each description with an account of the 

 way in which the structures described may be demon- 

 strated. The descriptions were written for the most 

 part at the microscrope table, with the prepara- 

 tions made by the methods recommended, under 

 the eye of the writer, so that it is believed that the 

 student will have no difficulty in verifying them. 



Too much stress cannot be laid upon the neces- 

 sity of each student making outline sketches of all 



