Hi all - a somewhat morbid question for the weekend. A student in the
anatomy dept came to me with wax embedded samlpes of demineralized
bone from dissection cadavers. The bone is very flinty and difficult
to section. Is this perhaps due to the preseravation/embalming process
that the bodies
Wow, you section elephant tusk?
That is so cool.
And also, let me know what the answer is to your question, it's an
interesting one.
Emily
A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted.
You should live several lives while reading it.
-William Styron
On Fri, Aug
Louise,
My first suggestion to you is to de-wax the specimen and process into an MMA
based resin containing a softener like DBP. Once polymerized you can simply
take thin sections using tungsten-carbide knives. Make sure to infiltrate the
specimen well with the resin solution prior to
