RE: old-school

From:Linda Smith

Geesh I feel old.  Does anyone remember how to strop a knife?
 
Linda Smith, HT (ASCP)
Department of Pathology
Children's Medical Center
Dayton, Ohio
(937) 641-3358
smithl@childrensdayton.org


>>> "Weems, Joyce" <JWEEMS@sjha.org> 07/15/02 08:24AM >>>
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]
<mailto:[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] <mailto:[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
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        >         FAX:  610-738-0437
        >         fmonson@wcupa.edu <mailto:fmonson@wcupa.edu>

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<http://darwin.wcupa.edu/casi/>
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http://www.wcupa.edu/_visitors/ <http://www.wcupa.edu/_visitors/>
        >         > ----------
        >         > 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]
<mailto:[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,
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