“…These were Masson's trichrome, aldehyde-fuchsin (Halmi), Alcian blue-PAS-orange G, and Herlant's tetrachrome stain, of which the lastmentioned was the most effective. The identification of acidophils and basophils, and some further classification into different hormone-secreting cell-types were determined on the basis of their shape and size, tinctorial affinities, position of negative Golgi-images, and their overall distribution in the pituitary gland, similar criteria to those utilized by other workers (Chadwick, 1936;Kirkman, 1937;Abolins, 1952;Herlant, 1960;D'Angelo, 1966).…”