Beetles are the most fun but they take a while and need management.  Great
conversation stopper when asked "So what do you do?"

Andy Shand

-----Original Message-----
From: Alex Knisely [mailto:alex.knisely@kcl.ac.uk]
Sent: 10 December 2002 18:01
To: Kim Merriam; HistoNet Server
Subject: Re: Dissolving skeletal muscle from bone


Museum curators use dermestid beetles, which do a clean job.  

See

http://www.skulltaxidermy.com/kits.html

for one relatively inexpensive source.

Alex K



12:30 10/12/02 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>Does anyone know what solution to use to dissolve skeletal
>muscle off of bone, so that the bone remains in tact.  This
>is not for a histology study, but I thought that someone out
>there on the histonet would know how to do this!
>
>Thanks in advance,
>Kim Merriam
>TKT
>Cambridge, MA
>
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>
Alex Knisely, MD
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