PREFACE. 



This manual of Histology and Bacteriology has been 

 more particularly prepared to facilitate the study of 

 these important branches of medicine by the author's 

 classes. While the author makes no pretension to orig- 

 inal research in this book, he has endeavored to include 

 the useful and practical points of the more exhaustive 

 works on the subject. In every case the shortest and 

 best methods are used. He has avoided technical terms 

 where practicable and has sought to express the truth 

 in simple language. He has provided blank sheets for 

 drawing and extra notes before and after each part 

 of this volume. 



The author wishes to express his gratitude to friends 

 for encouragement, especially to Dr. G. W. Hubbard, 

 M. D., Dean of Meharry Medical College, and Prof. 

 W. Patterson, A. M., Assistant Professor of Chemistry 

 in the same institution. He wishes to thank his as- 

 sistant, Mr. A. Lyman Paey, for the illustrations, 

 most of which being original, having been sketched 

 from actual specimens prepared by the students in the 

 laboratory of Meharry Medical College. He also 



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