RE: Weigert's Elastic Tissue Stain
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From: | Mark Ray <darkdaym@earthlink.net> |
To: | Histonet <Histonet@pathology.swmed.edu>, "J. A. Kiernan" <jkiernan@julian.uwo.ca> |
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Thanks, John. I see that my unwitting, mercenary haste precipitated an
avalanche of misunderstanding. I hope that everyone whom I may have misled
will read your message.
Mark
> [Original Message]
> From: J. A. Kiernan <jkiernan@julian.uwo.ca>
> To: Histonet <Histonet@pathology.swmed.edu>
> Date: 7/1/00 6:26:54 PM
> Subject: RE: Weigert's Elastic Tissue Stain
>
> 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
>
>
>
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