[Histonet] A blast from the past....

Jeffrey Silverman pathmaster <@t> yahoo.com
Thu Jan 28 16:53:25 CST 2010


Dr Richmond, 
 
Thanks so much for that link to Vade Mecum. I've never before seen the book, but it has brought me back to my childhood, when I found a similar histotechnique book,  Michael Guyer's Animal Micrology, in an antique shop my mom was browsing, some 44 years ago. This book was referenced all over that book, and in Gray's Microtomist's Formulary and Guide which I obtained later as my interest in histotechnique grew during high school, an interest kindled by that book  and resulting in a rewarding and fascinating career. I feel like a kid again. Very cool. 
 
It's amazing how much mercury they slung around back then. Hell, I made my own Zenker's fluid in high school from those books, bet the waste went down the drain too. 
 
Jeff Silverman 


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