Bernard
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At 08:02 AM 24/04/03 -0500, you wrote:
>Where cn I purchase this book
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>From: Gerard Spoelstra [mailto:gspoelst@central.murdoch.edu.au]
>Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 4:06 AM
>To: histonet@pathology.swmed.edu
>Subject: Re: bone
>
>
>Hi
>You need to melt down the block and reverse-process it ,Gayle Callis
>describes this  in her chapter on bone in the 5th edition of Theory and
>practice if Histological Techniques.
>Take the bone back through a couple of changes of xylene a few hours in
>each and then through two changes of absolute alcohol a few hours in each
>to remove any residual water. Most problems associated with the processing
>of bone are caused by inadequate dehydration. We leave our bone in 1%
>fabric softener made up in tap water after decalcification and prior to
>processing and it processes using normally with our other tissue on an
>overnight schedule.
>
>Gerard Spoelstra
>Medical Scientist
>Veterinary Histology
>Murdoch University
>
>   At 04:42 PM 23/04/03 -0500, you wrote:
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