Section cutting and staining : a practical guide to the preparation of normal and morbid histological specimens / by Walter S. Colman.

  • Colman, Walter S.
Date:
1888
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Credit: Section cutting and staining : a practical guide to the preparation of normal and morbid histological specimens / by Walter S. Colman. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    If the student intends to work much with strong acids, as in preparing specimens of the tubercle bacillus, he should use an aluminium lifter which, however, is more expensive than the copper one. Ordinary dissecting forceps. One or two scalpels. A pair of fine scissors. A razor or other instrument for cutting sections. A smooth oil stone for keeping the razors and knives properly sharpened. A spirit lamp for warming the staining fluids. A few test tubes. A minim measure. Scales and small weights. A gross of ground glass slides 3 x I in. Half a gross of ground glass slides 3x1^ in. Half an ounce thinnest coverslips, J in. diameter. Quarter of an ounce of thinnest coverslips, 1^ in. diameter. Microscope.—This is not the place for a de- scription of the microscope as an optical instru- ment, but some hints as to the selection of one may be found useful. Showy microscopes with much brass work should