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GOLDING BIRD’S BOOK: METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS
• URINE PREPARATION
- Allow the urine to repose
- Decant the upper ninetenths
- Place a drop of urine on a plate glass - Drop on it a piece of mica
• THE MICROSCOPE
- Achromatic objective 1⁄2 of an inch to 1/8 of an inch
- Polarised light for crystals
• CHEMISTRY APPLIED TO MICROSCOPY
- Addition of acetic acid to urine to better identify pus cells
