Two Recent Works on Microscopical Technology

Abstract

THE above are the most recent of the numerous works now before the public on this somewhat restricted subject. The title of the second-named volume is somewhat of a misnomer, as the author deals with pure technology. Both works are for the most part expositions of those well-tried methods which now constitute the basis of the study; as such they differ, as might be expected, but little from their predecessors, except in matters of detail, in methods of treatment, and in literary style: but while this is the case, each volume has, nevertheless, a marked individuality.

Elementary Microscopical Technology.

Part 1. The Technical History of a Slide, from the Crude Materials to the Finished Mount. By Frank L. James. (St. Louis: Medical and Surgical Journal Company, 1887.)

A Course of Elementary Practical Histology.

By W. Fearnley. (London: Macmillan and Co., 1887.)