Lectures on tumors from a clinical standpoint.

  • John B. Hamilton
Date:
1892
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Credit: Lectures on tumors from a clinical standpoint. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    tissue is prevented by wrapping each piece in a thin sterilized linen cloth before dropping it into the fluid. When the tissues have been sufficiently hardened to enable a thin section to be cut, the section after cut- ting may then be placed in an appropriate staining fluid. I pass over the technique of embedding and sec- tion cutting, for full instructions may now be found in almost any recent work on pathology and in the differ- ent manuals of histology. After cutting the section, before staining, it is usually dropped into a watch- glass containing glycerin. The following carmine solutions are in common use as staining fluids: a. Carmine gm. 4. Liquor ammon (fort) c. c. 6. Water c. c. 120. [Z>. y. Hamilton. Mix the carmine into a paste with a little of the water in a mortar, add the ammonia, and when thor- oughly mixed, the remainder of the water. b. Carmine gm.0.5. Sodii bibor. 2.0. Aquse destill c. c. 100. M. \I). J. Hamilton. These are mixed in a porcelain evaporating dish and heated to boiling. To this bluish-red liquid, dilute acetic acid (about 5 per cent.) is added till the
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