I was taught this when I was a wee babe also. (:-)
Bonnie
Bonnie G.Greer		
ARC Histotechnologist
St. Jude Children`s Research Hospital
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	-----Original Message-----
	From:	Ian Montgomery [SMTP:ian.montgomery@bio.gla.ac.uk]
	Sent:	Friday, August 27, 1999 9:47 AM
	To:	histonet@pathology.swmed.edu
	Subject:	Eosin.

	Just Curious. Was making up a batch of eosin this morning and as I
added
	the crystal of thymol to prevent growth of bugs etc. (well, that was
what I
	was taught  when I was a boy so I've always done it that way) I
wondered,
	does anybody else do this or am I a lone voice in the wilderness.
	Ian.

	Dr. Ian Montgomery,
	West Medical Building,
	University of Glasgow,
	Glasgow,
	G12 8QQ,
	Scotland.
	Tel: 0141 339 8855 Extn. 6602.
	Fax: 0141 330 4100.
	e-mail: ian.montgomery@bio.gla.ac.uk