Diane
The reference is:
Irwin DA. The demonstration of aluminium in human tissues. American Medical
Association Archive Industrial Health 1955;12:218-220

The method, picture and reference can be found at
http://home.primus.com.au/royellis under Histology, then the chapter on
Bone.
Regards
Roy Ellis
mailto:roy.ellis@imve.sa.gov.au


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Boneslides@aol.com [mailto:Boneslides@aol.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, 1 August 2001 1:19
> To: histonet@pathology.swmed.edu
> Subject: Reference for aluminum stain
>
>
> Can anyone provide a reference for an aluminum stain for
> undecalcified bone
> embedded in PMMA that uses aluminon?  I ran across an old
> procedure manual
> when cleaning out a filing cabinet that has the staining procedure (works
> beautifully!!) but there is no reference listed.  Any help would be
> appreciated! :)
>
> Thanks!
> -Diane