[Histonet] Improved Eosin

[Smith, Joyce (FH)]

Does anybody know where one can purchase a Mariano S. H. di Fiore book
titled "Atlas of Normal Histology"?  We really need it for our students.
Thanks.
J.Smith
Florida Hospital

-----Original Message-----
From: edmondsj [mailto:edmondsj <@t> musc.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 8:52 AM
To: John Difford; Histonet
Subject: Re: [Histonet] Improved Eosin


John,
I have a Johns Hopkins eosin recipe, it is as follows:

Ingredients:
Eosin Y  18gms
Phloxine B  7.5gms
Biebrich Scarlet  1.5gms
Distilled Water  2850 ml
Absolute Alcohol  750 ml

Procedure:
1: Dissolve all the dyes in the distilled water.
2: Add the absolute alcohol and continue stirring for at least 1
   hour.
This will make up a volume of 3610 ml, I add about two or three drops of 
glacial acetic acid to a 500 ml volume before staining tissue (this 
enhances the stain), you may not like the intensity but you can omit the 
acetic acid if you like.  I hope this is helpful to you.

Joyce Edmonds
Research Specialist
Medical University of SC
Charleston, SC

--On Tuesday, November 04, 2003 5:02 PM -0500 John Difford 
<adford <@t> compuserve.com> wrote:

>
> Dear All,
>
> Does anyone remember a formula for an improved Eosin solution which was
> displayed on Histonet several years ago?
>
> It was said to have orginated at Johns Hopkins and contained some other
> red dye in addition to eosin.
>
> I want to make up some more because it was very good for frozen sections,
> but I have lost the instructions!
>
> Many thanks
>
> John Difford
> Histopathology Dept
> Royal Free Hospital
> London
> England, UK
>
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