Methods of staining the nervous system / by Bernhard Pollack ; translated from the 2nd German ed. by William R. Jack.

  • Pollack, B. (Bernhard)
Date:
1899
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Credit: Methods of staining the nervous system / by Bernhard Pollack ; translated from the 2nd German ed. by William R. Jack. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS. PAGE I. Methods of section of the brain, 1 Hardening the brain for purposes of preservation, - - 8 Preparation of models of pathological specimens, - - 11 II. Hardening fluids for the central nervous system, - - 12 General remarks on hardening and staining, - - - 19 Examination of fresh unstained specimens, - - - 22 Labelling the tissues, - - - 22 Methods of embedding, ------- 23 Microtomes, 29 Serial sections, --------- 29 Longitudinal serial sections through the entire cord, - - 32 Oils and resins, --------- 35 III. Changes in brain-weight after preservation in different media, 37 IV. Drawing apparatus, - - - 39 Photography, macroscopic and microscopic, ... 40 V. Methods of staining—general principles, - - - - 41 Staining (A) the nerve-cells, - - - . . 45 Nissl's method, - - - . - Gl Golgi's method, - - . . 75 Ehrlich's method, ----- 84 Treatment of the retina, - - - . S9 (B) The medullary sheaths, - - - - 96 (C) The axis-cylinders, - - - . - 110 (D) The neuroglia, - - - - . - 117 Staining the peripheral nervous system, - - - - 124 VI. General practical remarks, 128 VII. Bibliography, - 133 VIII. Index, jgg