How to work with the microscope / by Lionel S. Beale.

Date:
1868
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Credit: How to work with the microscope / by Lionel S. Beale. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    On Cliernical Reagents dissolved in Glycerine. Acetic acid syrup. Solutions of potash and soda. Solutions of chromic acid and bichro- mate of potash. Of the injection of solutions of various chemical compounds dissolved in gly- cerine. The practical operation of preparing tissues for examination with the high- est powers. Modification of the above plan. Of the preparation of hard tissues, bone, The Preparation of Specimens. teeth, &c., for examination with the highest powers. The preparation of embryonic tissues for examination with very liigh powers. NEW VIEWS UPON THE STRUCTURE, FORMATION, AND GROWTH OF TISSUES AND ON LIFE. Of the nucleus. Of the term cell. False cells. Of the smallest masses of living or gei^- minal matter. The characters of germinal or living mat- ter and its conversion into formed material. Nature of irritation and inflamma- tion. Of the nutrition and action of the cell. OF VITAL POWER. Of life. I Of living and dead. THE STRUCTURE AND ACTION OF A NERVOUS APPARATUS. Of plexuses and networks. The distribution of motor nerves to muscles. Nerve fibres distributed to organs of special and general sensation. Of caudate nerve cells. Of spherical and oval nerve cells. APPENDIX. Of the use of borax and boracic acid. New colouring matter developed by living organisms, and giving very pe- culiar spectrum bands. Dr. Woodward's improved arrangements for taking photographs of microscopic objects. TABLES FOR PRACTISING THE USE OF THE MICROSCOPE. APPARATUS REQUIRED IN MICROSCOPICAL INVESTIGATION. BRITISH AND FOREIGN MICROSCOPE MAKERS. PREPARERS OE MICROSCOPIC OBJECTS. MATERIALS AND APPARATUS FOR MOUNTING OBJECTS. ARTISTS, DRAUGHTSMEN, WOOD ENGRAVERS. PRINTERS, LITHOGRAPHIC, AND PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTERS. LITHOGRAPHIC STONES, DIAMONDS FOR ENGRAVING, AND APPARATUS USED IN LITHOGRAPHY. APPARATUS FOR DRAWING ENGRAVINGS, &c. BRITISH AND FOREIGN WORKS ON THE MICROSCOPE, INCLUDING JOURNALS. INDEX. INDEX TO THE ILLUSTRATIONS.