MICROTECHNIQUE

Catalog description

Two three-hour laboratories per week. The making of histological preparations of both plant and animal materials, including: (1) use of the aceto-carmine and other smear techniques, (2) the preparation of plant materials by use of the sliding microtome, and (3) the paraffin method, including killing, fixing, embedding, sectioning, staining and mounting of plant and animal tissues for microscopic examination.