Ethyl Alcohol as a Fixative for Smear Materials

Abstract

Ethyl aleohol fixation of smear materials for the study of general morphology of ehromosomes has been tested and found quite suitable for staining with various dyes, and especially suitable for FEULGEN's nucleal method.
The writer's thanks are due to Einer. Prof. K. Fu ii for his suggestion and valuable advice. The expence for carrying out this study was partly defrayed out of a grant from the HATTORi Hokôkai, to which the writer wishes to express her best thanks.