RE: old-school

From:"Weems, Joyce"

Me too - and the old blue cover AFIP manual - I even remember page numbers! 

And the black spider Technicon with the glass beakers..and the benzene...

Ah, the good old days...

Joyce Weems
Pathology Manager
Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta
404-851-7376
404-851-7831 - fax

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Bruce Gapinski [mailto:BGapinski@pathgroup.com] 
Sent:	Monday, July 15, 2002 8:16 AM
To:	'histonet@pathology.swmed.edu'
Subject:	old-school

Fred,
	Ann Preece wrote the first Histology book I ever studied from. I'm
old school histology. I used to even sharpen knives, stain, and coverslip by
hand. Once or  twice when our one and only tissue processor went down I even
processed by hand! Yuck! What's worse is that we even tucked a piece of
typing paper with the accession # under the coverslip! Sorry I'm ranting.
Ann Preece A Manual For Histologic Technicians Third edition Little, Brown
and Co. Boston copywright 1959,1965,1972. Pg 228 has an old Mayer's
Hematoxylin formula that includes Chloral hydrate.
Bruce (old-school, I am not a rep) Gapinski HT(ASCP)

		-----Original Message-----
		From:	Monson, Frederick C. [mailto:fmonson@wcupa.edu]
 
		Sent:	Friday, July 12, 2002 1:27 PM
		To:	'Bruce Gapinski'
		Subject:	RE: Jore's Fixative

		And Respectfully back at you, just to show my total
ignorance.

		Who is/was Ann Preece?  I sure would like the original ref.
for that
		alteration of Mayer's original recipe which I have in all of
my old tomes.

		Even worse, I can hardly remember how to get home any more,
how can you
		remember someone I never even heard of (he asked
humbly....)?


		Fred

		> ----------
		> From: 	Bruce Gapinski
		> Sent: 	Friday, July 12, 2002 4:18 PM
		> To: 	'Monson, Frederick C.'; Bruce Gapinski
		> Subject: 	RE: Jore's Fixative
		> 
		> Ann Preece third edition pg. 228 Mayers hematoxylin. I'm
glad I can
		> remember
		> some things.
		> Respectfully,
		> Bruce Gapinski HT(ASCP)
		> 
		> 		-----Original Message-----
		> 		From:	Monson, Frederick C.
[mailto:fmonson@wcupa.edu]  
		> 		Sent:	Friday, July 12, 2002 1:10 PM
		> 		To:	'Bruce Gapinski'
		> 		Subject:	RE: Jore's Fixative
		> 
		> 		Hi Bruce,
		> 
		> 			The only time I used chloral hydrate
on slides was
		> when I totally
		> 		lost control of their behavior.  Mayer's
hematoxylin doesn't
		> contain any
		> 		chloral hydrate that I ever seen in a
recipe.
		> 			You really have trouble when those
slides start
		> jumping out of the
		> 		Coplin jars late on Friday.
		> 
		> 		Have a nice weekend,
		> 
		> 		Fred
		> 
		> 		Frederick C. Monson, PhD   
		> 		Center for Advanced Scientific Imaging
		> 		Schmucker II Science Center
		> 		West Chester University
		> 		South Church Street and Rosedale
		> 		West Chester, Pennsylvania, USA, 19383
		> 		Phone:  610-738-0437
		> 		FAX:  610-738-0437
		> 		fmonson@wcupa.edu 

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		> 		> ----------
		> 		> From: 	Bruce Gapinski
		> 		> Sent: 	Friday, July 12, 2002 3:45
PM
		> 		> To: 	'Cheryl Crowder'; histonet
		> 		> Subject: 	RE: Jore's Fixative
		> 		> 
		> 		> 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
		> 		> 
		> 		> 		(225) 578-9784
		> 		> 		FAX  (225) 578-9720





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