Ian, 

There are at least two of us who were taught that as puppies!

Bryan

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> From: 	Ian Montgomery[SMTP:ian.montgomery@bio.gla.ac.uk]
> Sent: 	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
> 
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