CONTENTS ix 



PACE 



STAINING AND MOUNTING FROZEN SECTIONS - 1 84 



THE PARAFFIN PROCESS 185 



DEHYDRATION - - - 186 



CLARIFICATION - - - 186 



INFILTRATION WITH PARAFFIN - - 1 86 



CASTING THE BLOCKS - - - 187 



CUTTING THE SECTIONS - 187 



STAINING AND MOUNTING PARAFFIN SECTIONS - l8g 



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PART II 

 HyEMATOLOGY 



ESTIMATION OF THE AMOUNT OF HAEMOGLOBIN 1 94 



CLINICAL APPLICATIONS - - 1 99 



ESTIMATION OF THE RED CORPUSCLES 200 



ESTIMATION OF THE NUMBER OF LEUCOCYTES - 212 

 THE INVESTIGATION OF THE MORPHOLOGY OF THE LEUCOCYTES 



AND RED CORPUSCLES - 2x8 



FIXATION OF BLOOD-FILMS - - - - 22 2 

 STAINING BLOOD-FILMS FOR THE INVESTIGATION OF THEIR 



CELLS . - - . - 223 



DIFFERENTIAL LEUCOCYTE COUNT - - ' - 226 

 DIAGNOSTIC APPLICATIONS OF THE BLOOD-COUNT AS A WHOLE 236 



PART III 

 CYTO-DIAGNOSIS 



CYTO-DIAGNOSIS 253 



APPENDIX 



INDEX 



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