Gayle,
On my bottle which comes from Germany it is spelled Sirrus Red.
Patsy

Gayle Callis wrote:

> I believe it is spelled sirius red, and is commonly used as a stain for
> amyloid, the Sweat-Puchtler method.  AFIP manual has a protocol, the
> reagent recipes you use for bone could very well be the same as this
> method.  Might help you out.
>
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