Medical microscopy : a guide to the use of the microscope in medical practice / Frank J. Wethered.

  • Wethered, Frank Joesph, 1860-1928.
Date:
1898, ©1892
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Credit: Medical microscopy : a guide to the use of the microscope in medical practice / Frank J. Wethered. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. The Microscope and Accessories. PAGE Choice of an Instrument—Compound Microscope—Requisites of a good microscope: stage, diaphragm—Qualities of a good objective: defining power, flatness of field, penetrating power, angle of aperture, resolving power—Nose-piece— Oculars—Camera-lucida—Makers of microscopes—Use of the microscope—Abbe's Condenser—Microscope lamp—Drawing objects—Micrometer—Accessory apparatus—Cathcart's micro- tome—Swift's microtome—Williams' freezing microtome— Reichert's microtome—Rocking microtome—Valentin's knife —Glass slides—Cover-glasses—Normal saline solution— Iodine in iodide of potassium (Gram's solution), 9 CHAPTER II. Hardening and Decalcifying. General remarks—Choice of hardening fluid—Absolute alcohol— Methylated spirit—Midler's fluid—Bichromate of potash— Chromic acid—Chromic acid and spirit—Ammonium chro- mate—Bichromate of ammonia—Corrosive sublimate—Plati- num chloride—Osmic acid—Picric acid—Decalcifying fluids— Nitric acid—Perenzi's solution—Hydrochloric acid—Von Ebner's solution—Picric acid, 42 CHAPTER III. Embedding. General remarks—Freezing media—Gum—Dextrin—Simple em- bedding—Infiltration methods—Embedding in celloidin : and in paraffin, 55