Xylol-Thanks

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From:"P. Emry" <emry@u.washington.edu> (by way of histonet)
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Thanks all for your clarifications and for all the help you given me over
the years.

Happy 2k!

Trisha
U of Washington, Seattle

On Tue, 4 Jan 2000, J. A. Kiernan wrote:

>
>   Thanks P. Emry for your loud shout for histo-literacy!

>   We need more like you!
>
>   As you know full well, there isn't a compound called xylol. That
>   execrable and meaningless word crept into histo-speak about 100
>   years ago, along with several other pseudo-chemical names of
>   organic solvents.
>
>   The correct designation is XYLENES (mixed isomers). This is a liquid
>   miscible with absolute alcohol and with melted paraffin wax. Xylenes
>   are also miscible with traditional resinous mounting media.
>
>  John A. Kiernan,
>  Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology,
>  The University of Western Ontario,
>  LONDON,  Canada  N6A 5C1
>    E-mail: kiernan@uwo.ca
>
>
>
>

Trisha




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