Book Review

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Cowdry, E. V. Microscopic Technique in Biology and Medicine. 6 × 91/4 in. 206 pp. Cloth. Williams and Wilkins Co., Baltimore, Md. $4.00.

PHOTOMICROGRAPHY Baker, John R. Tube-length in photomicrography. J. Roy. Micr. Soc., 62, 112-5. 1942.

MICROTECHNIC IN GENERAL Fleming, W. D. Synthetic mounting medium of high refractive index. J. Roy. Micr. Soc., 63, 34-7. 1943.

Jelley, Edwin E. A review of crystallographic microscopy. J. Roy. Micr. Soc., 62, 98-102. 1942.

Watson, J. M. The ripening of Ehrlich's hematoxylin. J. Roy. Micr. Soc., 63, 20-5. 1948.

Wicks, L. F., and Suntzeff, V. Glyoxal, a non-irritating aldehyde suggested as a substitute for formalin in histological fixations. Science, 98, 204. 1948.

DYES AND THEIR BIOLOGICAL USES Copley, A. L., and Whitney, D. V. The standardization and assay of heparin by the toluidine blue and azure A reactions. J. Lab. & Clin. Med., 28, 762-70. 1948.

Rothman, Stephen, and Flesch, Peter. Isolation of an iron pigment from human red hair. Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol. & Med., 53, 134-5. 1943.

MICROÖRGANISMS Beamer, P. R., and Stowell, R. E. The use of tertiary butyl alcohol in bacteriologic staining procedures. J. Lab. & Clin. Med., 28, 1599-602. 1943.

Bray, J., and King, E. J. The phosphatase reaction as an aid to the identification of micro-organisms using phenolphthalein phosphate as substrate. J. Path. & Bact., 55, 315-20. 1943.

Crossman, Germain, and Loewenstein, Erich. Demonstration of tubercle bacilli in tissue by fluorescence microscopy. J. Lab. & Clin. Med., 28, 1349-54. 1943.

Knaysi, G., and Mudd, S. The internal structure of certain bacteria as revealed by the electron microscope—a contribution to the study of the bacterial nucleus. J. Bact., 45, 349-59. 1943.

Krajian, A. A new and rapid staining method for Gram positive and Gram negative organisms in frozen and paraffin sections. J. Lab. & Clin. Med., 28, 1602-6. 1943.

Levin, Max. The effect of concentration of dyes on differentiation of enteric bacteria on eosin-methylene blue agar. J. Bact., 45, 471-5. 1943.

McClung, L. S. On the staining of yeast spores. Science, 98, 159-60. 1943.