ed. Also, check
out http://www.biologicalstaincommission.org and click on one of the "Vendors"
tabs or links.
John Kiernan
Anatomy, UWO
London, Canada
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- Original Message -
From: karine cadoret
Date: Thursday, July 16, 2009 22:36
Subject: [Histonet] VonKossa's ca
What is your tissue of interest? Why not do the Von Kossa stain first
and then counterstain with MacNeal's tetrachrome. This way you employ
the use of a metachromatic stain for the rest of the tissue instead of
just a nuclear staining hematoxylin.
Jack
On Jul 16, 2009, at 9:34 PM, "karine
Subject: [Histonet] VonKossa's calcium stain
Hi,
When doing a VonKossa stain in order to demonstrate calcium in tissue,
does it matter much if I use Mayer's hematoxylin instead of Ehrlich's
hematoxylin (which takes 6 months to ripen) ?
Also, can I simply use homemade scott's
Hi,
When doing a VonKossa stain in order to demonstrate calcium in tissue,
does it matter much if I use Mayer's hematoxylin instead of Ehrlich's
hematoxylin (which takes 6 months to ripen) ?
Also, can I simply use homemade scott's tapwater for blueing instead of
using a lithium carbonate soluti