CONTENTS 



PART I 



CHAPTER I. 

 Introdtjctoby 1 



CHAPTER II. 

 Killing . , . .12 



CHAPTER III. 

 Fixing and Hardening 19 



CHAPTER IV. 



Fixing and Hardening Agents ; Mineral Acids ^nd their 



Salts . . 28 



CHAPTER V. 



Fixing and Hardening Agents ; Chlorides, Organic Acids 



and others .... . . 45 



CHAPTER VI. 

 De-alcoholisation and Clearing Agents . . 68 



CHAPTER VII. 



Imbedding Methods — Introduction 75 



CHAPTER VIII. 



Imbedding Methods : Paraffin and other Fusion Masses . 81 

 Paraffin, 81 ; Gelatin, 100. 



