Not a Geek, just a good teacher. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bob Richmond Sent: Monday, August 29, 2011 10:43 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Histonet] Re: peggy wenk comments on HT/HTL practical
I really appreciate Peggy Wenk's analysis of the practical examination and why it had to be dropped. I never really understood the issue before. I must confess I always enjoyed helping the prospective examinee obtain exactly the right tissue. "No, this endometrium is poorly preserved. We'll arrange with surgery for a completely fresh specimen - I'll block it initially for the diagnosis, then we'll fix it overnight and then block it exactly to specifications. - Ick - this one's been curetted - we'll get another one". "I'll block the margins of this colon resection specimen, then we'll pin a portion of tissue onto paraffin and fix it flat overnight." "Next time I do an autopsy we'll get a lumbar spinal cord in the intact dura. I'll open the dura dorsally and ventrally with iridectomy scissors, then we'll hang it in neutral buffered formalin for two days. Then I'll tie the dura and dependent nerves with a cotton string. When you embed you'll remove the string, taking care that dura and nerves remain in position. After that it's all yours. If it doesn't work the first time, we've got three more levels in the jar." OK, I'm a geek, I'm 72 years old, I got a right. Bob Richmond Samurai Pathologist Knoxville TN _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
