I remember reading articles about the hematoxylin / basic fuchsin / picric
acid stain for recently infarcted myocardium, some time late in the Ordovician
Period I think.
I've never seen one, but there was a question about the stain on the anatomic
pathology board examination (American Board of Pathology) when I took it in
November 1971. I remember it because it was the only question on anything
contemporary that was on the exam.
Gayle Callis, if you post the procedure in electronic form, I'd like to have
a copy. I can't remember whether it's done from neutral buffered formalin or
whether it requires a special fixative. The Harris (mercuric oxide) hematoxylin
could make a difference - it does in the Engel-Cunningham variant of the
Gomori trichrome stain, used for frozen sections of skeletal muscle.
Bob Richmond
Samurai Pathologist
Knoxville TN (actually in Harlan KY this week)
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