Thanks a lot for the responses and I am definitely enjoying the 'debate.'
Anna

Kaliko, Bonnie wrote:
> Well as far as animal tissue is concerned, ice and water are needed to
> hydrate the tissue in order to obtain a section.  Each tissue responds
> differently, some needing time on the ice longer then others.  
>
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> Subject: RE: [Histonet] curious about soaking paraffin blocks.
>
> "So if you place the block on the ice tissue up, what are you soaking,
> paraffin?"
>
> Well if soak it in ice tissue side down what are you cutting frozen
> sections? Don't understand why you'd want to potentially stick water
> back into something you've dehydrated; makes no sense. Why not just put
> blocks face down on a chiller or one of those Peltier effect thingies. 
>
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