Humason's Animal Tissue Techniques
5th Edition
Published on 29. May 1997
Book
Hardback
536 pages
978-0-8018-5401-9 (ISBN)
Description
Gretchen L. Humason began her study of zoology and histological procedures in the 1920s. Passing away in 1991, Humason left behind over half a century of research study and instruction. Now, true to the traditions of Humason and based on her philosophies, expertise and recommendations, Janice K. Presnell and Martin Schreibman bring us the newly revised fifth edition of Humason's literary contributions to the theory and operation of histotechnology. Drawing on her life's work, "Humason's Animal Tissue Techniques" presents basic and standard tissue study procedures as well as specialized histological techniques. Designed as a guide to the principles and methods involved in histotechnology, the text begins with an overview of the history of microtechnology and laboratory safety. It then proceeds to review basic procedures such as fixation, dehydration and staining methods for specific tissue elements. Also discussed are special procedures and considerations: histochemistry, immunohistochemical methods, microwave histology, sex chromatin and chromosomes, preparation of invertebrate whole mounts and sections, and much more.
Reviews / Votes
"A very 'practical' book...designed to meet the diverse needs of premedical students, medical technicians, zoology majors and research assistants."--'Journal of Oral Pathology'More details
Edition
5th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Baltimore, MD
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
23 illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Weight
985 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8018-5401-9 (9780801854019)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
Gretchen L. Humason
Animal Tissue Techniques
Book
01/1979
4th Edition
W.H.Freeman & Co Ltd
€66.99
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Persons
Janice Presnell is a histology technician with over 20 years of experience in histotechnology. Martin Schreibman is distinguished professor in the Brooklyn College department of biology at the City University of New York where he has taught animal histology and microtechnique for more than 30 years.
Content
Part 1 Historical perspectives: overview of the development of microtechnology. Part 2 Laboratory safety: practical aspects of safety; special provisions for the handicapped. Part 3 Basic procedures: fixation; dehydration - preparation for embedding; clearing; infiltrating; embedding - paraffin method; microtomes and microtome knives; paraffin sectioning and mounting; the microscope; stains and staining action; mounting and staining procedures; haematoxylin staining. Part 4 Specific staining methods: staining connective tissue and muscle; silver impregnating reticulum; silver impregnating and staining neurological elements; periodic acid-Schiff (PAS) and Feulgen techniques and related reactions; staining haematologic elements and related tissues; staining pigments and minerals; staining proteins and nucleic acids; staining lipids and carbohydrates; staining cellular elements; staining golgi apparatus, mitochondria, and living cells; staining microorganisms. Part 5 Histochemistry and miscellaneous special procedures: histochemistry; immunohistochemical methods; microwave histology; special procedures I; special procedures II; special procedures III; special procedures. Part 6 Solution preparation and general laboratory aids: solution preparation; general laboratory aids. (Part contents)