I worked for years and years on a manual microtome and now have a Leica 
 2155 that I love. I would be hard pressed to return to the manual type
but to each his/her own!!
Betsy

> ----------
> From: 	MICHELLE LOWE[SMTP:lowzey@yahoo.com]
> Sent: 	Friday, March 24, 2000 9:02 AM
> To: 	amos brooks
> Cc: 	histonet@pathology.swmed.edu
> Subject: 	Re: ergonomics
> 
> I an a new Histologist (1 year) and I'm with you.  I
> learned on the manual rotary microtome and won't touch
> the automatated machines, (no control), unless I have
> to.
> 
> Michelle Lowe :)
> 
> --- amos brooks <atbrooks@snet.net> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >     We have about 30 microtomes. None are automated.
> > I may be old
> > fashioned but the things creep me out.
> > Amos Brooks
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
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