Glenda Hoye wrote:   or take some slides to show under a scope -- maybe a section of a hot dog or a worm for the little ones!

Good idea for the little ones.  Just don't do this to a pathologist.  We did this once, years ago (as a joke), H&E stained it, and the good doctor took one look under the scope and never ate another one.  Said at that magnification it looked like a gangrenous limb....

Take-home message is...don't look at gangrenous limbs under a microscope!

Teri Johnson
Managing Director Histology Core Facility
Stowers Institute for Medical Research
1000 E. 50th St.
Kansas City, Missouri  64110
tjj@stowers-institute.org