I was surprised to see all the references to "setting" or "mordanting"
of India ink. I have used Higgins ink for many years (No. 4415
Waterproof Drawing Ink). I just blot the tissue, apply the ink, wait a
few seconds, blot the excess ink, and drop the tissue back into formalin
or alcohol. I have n
After India ink we always used acetone.
René J.
--- On Tue, 5/25/10, Scott, Allison D wrote:
From: Scott, Allison D
Subject: [Histonet] Higgins Ink
To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Date: Tuesday, May 25, 2010, 4:13 PM
Hello to all in histo land. Our PA used Higgins ink (india ink) on
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Subject: [Histonet] Higgins Ink
From: "Scott, Allison D" <[1]= allison_sc...@hchd.tmc.edu>
Date: Tue, May 25, 2010 1:13 pm
To: <[2]histo...@lists= .utsouthwestern.edu>
Hello to all in histo land. Our PA used Higgins ink (india ink) on
some
Hello to all in histo land. Our PA used Higgins ink (india ink) on some
skin specimens and set the ink with 10%acetic acid soln. After the
specimens were processed, all of the ink was gone, washed off. We have
regular alcohols and xylene on the processor, this should not have made
the ink wash o
