Section cutting and staining : a practical guide to the preparation of normal and morbid histological specimens / by Walter S. Colman.

  • Colman, Walter S.
Date:
1888
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Credit: Section cutting and staining : a practical guide to the preparation of normal and morbid histological specimens / by Walter S. Colman. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    This is done by simply heating- the lower end of the stopper and the upper end of a piece of glass rod of suitable length in a blow-pipe, until they are plastic, and then pressing them together. Watch glasses. At least a dozen watch glasses, in which to perform the operations of staining, clarifying, etc. Those with a flat bottom should be employed as they are less easily upset than the others. Plenty of filter papers. Both coarse ones, for use in the manufacture of reagents, and small fine white ones (2J inch) for filtering the staining fluids immediately before using them, should be procured. Before using them a few drops of alcohol or distilled water should be placed in them to saturate the paper. This not only allows the fluid to pass through more rapidly, but prevents a portion of it being wasted through being' absorbed by the pores of the paper. Several needles mounted in handles. They must be kept very bright and smooth, and care must be taken that the point does not get turned up.