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THIS small book should prove of value to the amateur and elementary biologist, and the more advanced student and laboratory worker may well add it to his reference library, for it contains a number of practical hints and useful dodges and recipes. The matter presented is concisely given, largely in tabular form. After some introductory remarks on protoplasm and cytology, the processes and principles of microtechnique and methods for making microscopical preparations are considered. A chapter follows on technique, including fixing, hardening, embedding and sectioning, staining, and mounting, with a section on bulk staining. The next chapter deals in alphabetical order with methods for specific purposes for animal and plant organisms and tissues, and contains a surprising number of headings, ranging from acarine disease of bees and annelids to Vorticella and yeast (rotifers do not seem to be mentioned here). The next chapter gives the use of stains, followed by one containing the formulae.
Elementary Microtechnique
By H. Alan Peacock. Pp. vii + 200. (London: Edward Arnold and Co., 1935.) 5s. 6d. net.
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H., R. Biology. Nature 136, 592 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/136592b0
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