Section Cutting and Staining: A practical introduction to histological methods for students and practitioners — John Shaqi
Section Cutting and Staining: A practical introduction to histological methods for students and practitionersColman, Walter S.
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Section Cutting and Staining: A practical introduction to histological methods for students and practitioners
Colman, Walter S.
Microscopy
(2) Gelatine 10 grms.
Distilled water 50 c.c.
Allow it to stand in the cold water until the water is absorbed and the
gelatine has become soft.
Warm (1) almost to boiling point over a Bunsen burner, and add the
gelatine slowly. Stir thoroughly and add a ten per cent. solution
of acetic acid until the solution becomes slightly acid. This will
be shewn by the mass assuming a darker and duller colour. A little
salicylic acid may be added to preserve it.
*Blue injection mass.*--To the gelatine mass (2) prepared as above, and
liquefied by heat, add instead of carmine
Soluble Prussian blue 5 grms.
Distilled water 60 c.c.
Every trace of alkali must be kept away from the mass during and after
the preparation. Sections of injected organs should be mounted in
Farrant’s solution slightly acidulated with formic or acetic acid. With
every care, however, the blue colour is apt to fade in the course of
time.
*Green injection mass.* Robin’s formula (modified).
(1) Arseniate of soda (sat. sol.) 80 c.c.
Glycerine 50 "
(2) Sulphate of copper (sat. sol.) 40 "
Glycerine 50 "
Mix and add one part to three parts of the gelatine mass made as for
the red and blue injections.
*Method of injection.*--In injecting the vessels of tissues it is
necessary that the organ or the entire animal, as the case may be,
shall be kept during injection at a temperature well above that at
which the gelatine mass will melt, otherwise the gelatine will “set”
in the arteries and will never reach the capillaries. This warming
is effected by immersing the animal in a water bath. The liquefied
gelatine is forced into the artery by a syringe or by air pressure.
It is essential that the pressure be uniform and steady. This is so
much more easily managed with air pressure that this method is strongly
recommended to the beginner. But, whatever method be adopted, perfect
results can only be obtained with certainty after long practice.
Sometimes too high pressure will be employed and the vessels give way,
at others the injection may not reach the capillaries at all. The most
scrupulous attention to details is essential.
By far the most effective apparatus for injecting is the modification
of Ludwig’s constant pressure apparatus devised by Fearnley.[2]
Although the apparatus appears complicated, the various parts are
easily obtained and it would be easy to improvise a substitute for the
water bath.
[2] “Practical Histology,” (Macmillan & Co.).
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