Gerald Durrell, amateur naturalist and author described how he would leave 
small animal carcasses on friendly ant's nests to be cleaned, a practice 
still used by hunters wishing to clean antelope antlers here in South 
Africa.

Best regards
Louise Renton
Bone Research Unit
MRC
Johannesburg
South Africa
Tel & fax +27 11 717 2298
"Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana"





>From: Alex Knisely 
>To: Kim Merriam , HistoNet Server 
>
>Subject: Re: Dissolving skeletal muscle from bone
>Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 18:00:48 +0000
>
>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
> >
> >Attachment Converted: "c:\eudora\attach\kmerriam19.vcf"
> >
>Alex Knisely, MD
>Consultant Histopathologist
>
>alex.knisely@kcl.ac.uk
>
>Institute of Liver Studies
>King's College Hospital
>Denmark Hill
>London  SE5 9RS  UK
>
>+44 (0)20 - 7346 - 3125 telefax
>+44 (0)20 - 7346 - 4627 office


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