>Please ask your pathologists: Where are the old CO2 microtomes?  I thought
>that before cryostats were readily available they were popular. Is that
>true? Where are they? Cryostats are very expensive for us, and not so
>portable.  I have to go different hospitals carrying my own to do frozens,
>so the equipment has to be portable, also no HT for help...
>I would appreciate any information about this still useful equipment.
>Thanks,
>Paulo Faria, MD
>Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL.
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After decades of sterling service our old Leitz CO2 freezing microtome 'died'.
We replaced it with a new Leica CM 1325 CO2 microtome in 1995 and we can
highly recommend it.
We only cut fixed tissue to demonstrate fat and stain 'free floating'
sections with oil red O.

Best wishes,

Tony Brandwood,
Dept. of Veterinary Pathology,
University of Liverpool,
P.O. Box 147,
Liverpool,
L69 3BX.
England.