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

[Mike Pence]

How true!.... Can you believe the things we use to put down the drain or in the trash?  "Out of sight, out of mind". Today a high chemistry lab would be shut down and the teacher sent to jail for some of the things they taught us back then.

Mike

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From: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Silverman
Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 4:53 PM
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Subject: [Histonet] A blast from the past....


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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