Barry Rittman wrote:

>  The one we use for
> our freshman dental students this year is "Color Textbook of Histology" by
> Leslie P. Gartner and James L . Hiatt Saunders Co. (around $48). This gives a
> good overview of the histology of tissues and has a good mixture of diagrams,
> light micrographs and EM micrographs.
>
> 2.    Technique wise I like ...
> "Humason's Animal tissue Techniques"  by Janice K. Presnell and Martin P
> Schreibman. 2nd edition. Johns Hopkins Press. I have found this to have a broad
> range of techniques and to be very reliable. It will at least give you the
> principles of IHC
>
> Barry

    I would second these choices. We ues Gardner and Hiatt for our first-year
medical students. I have used Humason's text since the old second edition when she
was the author and W. H. Freeman was the publisher.

Geoff
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