Book ID: 36004
BRACEGIRDLE, Brian
A history of microtechnique. The evolution of the microtome and the development of tissue preparation. 2nd rev. & enlarged ed. 1986. 77 (partly coloured) photographs. XV,393 p. gr8vo. Hard cover.
Contents (main headings): Introduction/ A Brief Survey ofMicrotechnique before 1830/ Works on Microtechnique 1830-1910: a selectdescriptive bibliography/ A Survey of Substances used in Microtechnique1830-1910/ A Survey of Instruments used in Microtechnique 1830-1910/Notes on Commercial Mounters 1800-1910/ Microscopy, Microtomy andHistology in the Nineteenth Century/ Leeuwenhoek, Hill and Quekett/Appendix: First use of synthetic dyes in histology: a chronologicalsummary/ Index of Subjects/ Index of Names.