Blower here! Why? hum..There is moisture in my breath..that little dab of
moisture hydrates and warms the block ever so slightly.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bryan Hewlett" 
To: "Jeff Silverman" ; 
Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2002 1:34 PM
Subject: Re: Microchatter chit chat


> Jeff,
>
> In our past discussions about things histological, I suspected that you
were
> a fellow 'Breather'!
> Not a 'Heavy Breather' mind you, but a possessor and practitioner of that
> magic ingredient in the microtomy skill mix.
> It would be intriguing to pole the 'netters', in order to find the ratio
of
> 'Breathers' vs 'Non-Breathers', how about it folks?
> It would also be intriguing to find out why the 'Breathers' think it
works?
> We're not talking 'Puffing' here folks, that's the skill used mainly by
> 'Blowers' to prevent section roll-up and/or to clear the knife. We're
> talking 'Huffing', that arcane, gentle, open mouthed art that Jeff
> describes.
>
> Bryan
>
> Bryan R. Hewlett
> Technical Specialist
> Anatomical Pathology
> Hamilton Regional Laboratory Medicine Program
> Ontario, Canada
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeff Silverman" 
> To: 
> Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2002 12:49 PM
> Subject: Microchatter chit chat
>
>
> > Microchatter got you down? Face, chill on ice, section the block slowly
> and
> > evenly while breathing hot breath on the block face (like trying to fog
a
> > mirror). Also, use plain old Paraplast. I have enough to do without
> worrying
> > whether I am mistreating or offending the mystery polymers and
> plasticizers
> > in some newfangled embedding medium. When I switched back to Paraplast
> from
> > one of those s0-called improved mixtures, all microtomy problems in my
lab
> > disappeared. Just my opinion and experience.
> > Jeff Silverman HT HTL QIHC (ASCP)
> > Southside Hospital
> > Bay Shore NY USA
> >
> >
>
>