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Monday, 03 September 2007 |
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Picric Alcohol and its usage in microscopy and microscopes.
Picric-alcohol. This is an excellent hardener and fixer for almost all tissues and organs. It is composed of 500 cc. Of water and 500 cc. Of 95 % alcohol, to which 2 grams of picric acid have been added. (It is a solution of picric acid in 50 % alcohol.) It acts quickly, in from one to three days. (Proc. Amer. Micr. Soc., Vol. XII (1890), pp. 120-122.)
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