Gerald,
		I would suggest and highly recommend the traditional Ehrlich's
hematoxylin.  It takes a little longer to prepare and to stain but has
excellent keeping qualities and is an excellent stain. If you haveany
problem finding the formula please let me know.
Barry


At 01:21 PM 11/24/98 +0800, you wrote:
>Hello.
>I would appreciate some opinion on a reliable haematoxylin that requires no
>heat or minimal heat in its preparation. We nearly had a fire when making
>up the Harris's Haematoxylin recently and are now hunting around for an
>alternative that does'nt require the use of a bunsen burner. Your
>suggestions will be apprecitiated!
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>Gerard Spoelstra
>Histopathology Laboratory
>Division of Veterinary and Biomedical Science
>Murdoch Universtity
>Western Australia
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