Section-Cutting A Practical Guide to the Preparation and Mounting of Sections for the Microscope, Special Prominence Being given to the Subject of Animal Sections

"Section-Cutting" by Sylvester Marsh is a how-to of preparing and mounting specimens for microscope use, especially animal tissue. Intended for both beginners and those with some experience, its goal is to provide solutions to problems in the cutting and preparation of specimens that other books don't address. Pulling from the author's years of work, the story begins by stressing the need to slice things just right to really see what's going on under a microscope. It points out the tricky parts of getting animal and plant tissues ready, mentioning that you often need special tricks to get them in the right shape for cutting, the manual then prepares its readers for a range of common and specialized methods in its later chapters to assist in the creation of microscope slides.