Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ch. 1. Managing the laboratory -- Ch. 2. Safety in the laboratory -- Ch. 3. An overview of quality control -- Ch. 4. Light microscopy -- Ch. 5. Fixation and fixatives -- Ch. 6. Tissue processing and microtomy including frozen -- Ch. 7. Theory of staining and its practical implications -- Ch. 8. The hematoxylins and eosin -- Ch. 9. Connective tissues and stains -- Ch. 10. Mucins -- Ch. 11. Lipids -- Ch. 12. Proteins and nucleic acids -- Ch. 13. Pigments and minerals -- Ch. 14. Bone -- Ch. 15. Amyloid -- Ch. 16. Microorganisms -- Ch. 17. Cytoplasmic granules, organelles and neuroendocrine -- Ch. 18. Techniques in neuropathology -- Ch. 19. Application of microwave technology to histology -- Ch. 20. Immunocytochemical techniques -- Ch. 21. Internal quality control and external quality assessment of immunocytochemistry -- Ch. 22. Immunocytochemistry in breast pathology -- Ch. 23. Immunocytopatholgy of lymphomas -- Ch. 24. Immunocytopathology of routine histopathology -- Ch. 25. Molecular pathology in-situ hybridization -- Ch. 26. Immunofluorescent techniques -- Ch. 27. Enzyme histochemistry and its diagnostic applications -- Ch. 28. Diagnostic cytopathology: specimen collection and preparation -- Ch. 29. Diagnostic cytopatholgy: cell appearances -- Ch. 30. Plastic embedding media and techniques -- Ch. 31. Electron microscopy: the preparative techniques -- Ch. 32. Transmission electron microscopy: diagnostic applications -- Ch. 33. Quantitative data from microscopic specimens. Covering the full range of histological techniques used in medical laboratories and pathology departments, this fifth edition has been substantially rewritten and makes greater use of colour illustration.