On Thu, 29 Jun 2000, Mark Ray wrote:
>  EK Industries lists Order Number 9745-500ML  
>  VERHOEFF-VAN GIESON ELASTIC TISSUE STAIN KIT
and there were many similar replies to the question.

Weigert and Verhoeff were different people.

Weigert's stain for elastic fibres and laminae is based on the
use of a dye formed by heating basic fuchsine, resorcinol and
ferric chloride. This is traditionally done in the lab, but
pre-made "resorcin-fuchsin" is also an article of commerce.
Weigert's method is quite different from Verhoeff's iron-iodine-
haematoxylin, which is easy to make and use, but also stains 
nuclei and myelin.  

 John A. Kiernan,
 Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology,
 The University of Western Ontario,
 LONDON,  Canada  N6A 5C1