PREFACE
IN its primary intention this work appeals rather to the
instructed anatomist than to the beginner. Its aim is to
put into his hands a concise but complete account of all
the methods of preparation that have been recommended
as useful for the purposes of Microscopic Anatomy, and
so furnish him with a ready source of information on
points of detail as to which his memory or his knowledge
may be at fault. This object is attained by the mere
collection of Formuhe set out in Part I, and of special
methods described in Part II. But the book could
obviously be made to subserve a further end-that of a
guide to the beginner. To this end I have added a
General Introduction and a series of introductory para-
graphs prefixed, where needful, to the different chapters.
These introductory portions, taken together, go far to
make up a formal treatise on the art. And as a further
aid to the beginner I have added the collection of
examples given in Part II. These examples are of
course not intended for servile imitation, but rather as
hints suggestive of the most fitting processes.