HISTOCHEMICAL STUDY ON THE HISTOGENESIS OF TUBERCULOUS LESION IN THE LUNG

First Report: NUCLEIC ACID, ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE AND ACID MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDE IN THE PULMONARY LESIONS OF TUBERCULOSIS PATIENTS

Abstract

HISTOCHEMICAL observation was performed on the pulmonary tissue sections of tuberculosis patients. Stainings employed were hematoxylin eosin stain, anilin fuchsin stain for tubercle bacilli, silver stain for fibers, Van Gieson's stain, Hotchkiss' polysaccharide stain, metaohromasia of toluidin blue, znethylgreen pyronin stain, Feulgen's stain for DNA, Gomori's alkaline phosphatase reaction, glycogen stain and per oxydase reaction. Hyaluronidase, pepsine and ribonuelease were used simultaneously. The results obtained are as follows: