Handling specimens in liquid preservative: adding and removing the liquid paraffin overlayer

Hiroki Sato; Sayaka Ban; Tsuyoshi Hosoya

doi:10.1007/S10267-011-0108-5

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Handling specimens in liquid preservative: adding and removing the liquid paraffin overlayer

Hiroki Sato, Sayaka Ban, Tsuyoshi Hosoya

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Keywords: Formalin, Preserved specimen, Type specimen

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2011 Volume 52 Issue 5 Pages 354-355

DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/S10267-011-0108-5

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Abstract

Adding a overlayer of liquid paraffin to formalin and subsequently removing it with oil-absorbent sheets in order to observe the specimen are very useful procedures when handling specimens preserved in formalin.

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