A Hand Book of Methodology for Microscopists Illustrated with Photomicrographs

Contents: Preface. 1. Narcotization of animals and fixing and hardening. 2. Fixation by Altman's freezing drying method. 3. Cytology and cytochemistry of the granular cells found in the gills of certain fresh water teleosts. 4. Vital staining. 5. A guide for students of microtomy. 6. Chloride cells in the gills of fresh-water teleosts. 7. Scanning electron microscopy special methods for blood vessels. 8. Electron microscopy. 9. Gill diffusion capacity of a fresh-water major carp, Labeo Rohita Ham in relation to body weight. 10. Evolutionary transformation of the respiratory islets of air breathing organs in teleostean fishes. 11. Gross and fine structure of the respiratory organs of air breathing fishes. 12. Oxygen uptake capacity of gills an skin in relation to body weight of the air breathing silluroid fish, clarias batrachus Linn. Epilogue. References. Author Index. Subject Index.