RE: Aqueous mounting media

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From:jim <jim@proscitech.com.au>
To:'greg tesdall' <gtesdall@yahoo.com>, HistoNet Server <HistoNet@pathology.swmed.edu>
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Date:Tue, 26 Oct 1999 10:58:47 +1000
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Greg:
Glycerin (glycerol) makes a good temporary mount. It has about the right 
refractive index and is fully water -miscible. It would hold the cover in 
place, but is totally non-drying.
Cheers
Jim Darley
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On Tuesday, October 26, 1999 6:27 AM, greg tesdall [SMTP:gtesdall@yahoo.com] 
wrote:
> I've had a request today,10/25, for a lipid stain on
> Frozen. The method calls for coverslipping with an
> aqueous mounting media.  I do not have any. Is there
> something I could use (from the kitchen) that will
> work? Thankyou.
>
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