An Introduction to Medical Laboratory Technology

Content: 
Inside Front Cover, Page ii
Normal and abnormal blood cells, Pages ifc1-ifc2
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
FOREWORD, Page v
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION, Page vii
PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION, Page viii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, Page xii
INTRODUCTION, Pages xiii-xiv
CHAPTER 1 - GENERAL LABORATORY GLASSWARE, Pages 1-18
CHAPTER 2 - GENERAL LABORATORY APPARATUS, Pages 19-36
CHAPTER 3 - ELEMENTARY GLASS-BLOWING, Pages 37-43
CHAPTER 4 - ELEMENTARY MICROSCOPY, Pages 44-56
CHAPTER 5 - GENERAL CHEMISTRY, Pages 58-82
CHAPTER 6 - ELEMENTARY COLORIMETRY, Pages 83-88
CHAPTER 7 - URINE, Pages 89-106
CHAPTER 8 - BLOOD, Pages 107-117
CHAPTER 9 - FAECES AND GASTRIC ANALYSIS, Pages 118-125
CHAPTER 10 - EXAMINATION OF CEREBROSPINAL FLUID, Pages 126-131
CHAPTER 11 - FIXATION, Pages 134-145
CHAPTER 12 - DECALCIFICATION, Pages 146-149
CHAPTER 13 - PARAFFIN WAX TECHNIQUE, Pages 150-159
CHAPTER 14 - SECTION CUTTING, Pages 160-171
CHAPTER 15 - BIOLOGICAL STAINING, Pages 172-177
CHAPTER 16 - STAINING PROCEDURES, Pages 178-196
CHAPTER 17 - INTRODUCTION TO BACTERIOLOGY, Pages 199-206
CHAPTER 18 - STERILIZATION, Pages 207-212
CHAPTER 19 - THE USE OF CULTURE MEDIA, Pages 213-218
CHAPTER 20 - PREPARATION OF CULTURE MEDIA, Pages 219-237
CHAPTER 21 - ANAEROBIC METHODS, Pages 238-241
CHAPTER 22 - SIMPLE AGGLUTINATION TEST, Pages 242-244
CHAPTER 23 - ROUTINE BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF SPECIMENS, Pages 245-256
CHAPTER 24 - THE CARE AND MAINTENANCE OF LABORATORY ANIMALS, Pages 257-266
CHAPTER 25 - INTRODUCTION TO HAEMATOLOGY, Pages 268-274
CHAPTER 26 - HAEMATOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES, Pages 275-295
CHAPTER 27 - THE COLOUR INDEX AND ABSOLUTE VALUES, Pages 296-298
CHAPTER 28 - INTRODUCTION TO BLOOD TRANSFUSION TECHNIQUES, Pages 300-305
CHAPTER 29 - BLOOD GROUPS, Pages 306-311
CHAPTER 30 - BLOOD GROUPING TECHNIQUES, Pages 312-320
CHAPTER 31 - SOLUTIONS AND APPARATUS USED IN BLOOD TRANSFUSION, Pages 321-325
CHAPTER 32 - BLOOD STORAGE AND REFRIGERATION PRINCIPLES, Pages 326-331
CHAPTER 33 - SOME ASPECTS OF ELEMENTARY PHYSIOLOGY, Pages 334-346
APPENDIX - GENERAL NOTES AND PRECAUTIONS, Pages 347-361
BOOKS CONSULTED AND RECOMMENDED FOR FURTHER READING, Page 362
GLOSSARY, Pages 363-375
INDEX, Pages 381-408