film noir

What made you want to write a memoir now about your “addiction” to film?

The differential count is best made upon a film stained with Wright's, Jenner's, or Ehrlich's stain.

Go carefully over the film with an oil-immersion lens, using a mechanical stage if available.

They must be kept away from flies—a fly can work havoc with a film in a few minutes.

The film must be carefully fixed by heat: underheating causes the erythrocytes to stain red; overheating, pale yellow.

The excess of stain is poured off, and the preparation introduced slowly, with the film side down, into distilled water.