Re: Information on cutting hard tissues

From:RSRICHMOND@aol.com

Sanjay Sharma asks:

>>As part of ongoing research at our company I was trying to cut uniform cross
sections of bovine hooves across the horizontal plane. We recently bought a 
new
sliding microtome (HM 440E, Carl Zeiss, Inc.) and were using it with a 
tungsten carbide knife. Unfortunately the tissue is much harder than what we 
expected and we were unsuccessful.<<

Try taking the horseshoe off first....

This list is so refreshing. It's nice to know that some people out there have 
problems worse than sentinel lymph nodes!

Bob Richmond
Samurai Pathologist
Knoxville TN



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