I thought Chloral Hydrate was a controlled substance (knock-out drops or
something) and used in Mayer's hematoxylin.
Bruce Gapinski HT(ASCP)

		-----Original Message-----
		From:	Cheryl Crowder [mailto:ccrowder@mail.vetmed.lsu.edu]
		Sent:	Friday, July 12, 2002 12:14 PM
		To:	histonet
		Subject:	Jore's Fixative

		Jore's is a buffered formalin fixative which contains
chloral hydrate.  
		We have used it for years.  Fresh specimens are placed in
the fixative 
		and do not turned that "fixed" color but, rather, retain the
"fresh" 
		look.  It is good for showing students lesions months after
the tissue 
		has been taken from the body.  
		     Contact me personally is you are interested in the
formulation of 
		the solution.  Cheryl


		Cheryl Crowder, BA, HTL(ASCP)
		Chief Technologist
		Department of Pathobiological Sciences
		School of Veterinary Medicine
		Louisiana State University
		Baton Rouge, LA  70803

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