Ch. XI] PREPARATIONS BY THE PARAFFIN METHOD 



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is xylene. Benzine, gasoline, and even kerosene are used, but xylene 

 is a powerful solvent of paraffin, does not injure the tissue, and is 

 not very inflanunable, due to the large amount of carbon in its 



Slides 



Fig. 231. Fig. 232. 



Fig. 231. Slide Basket or Rack foe Handling Serial Sections. 



Fig. 232. Glass Stoppered Specimen Jar with a Slide Basket or Rack 

 WITH a Specimen in Place. 



molecule (see § 552) and the consequent high boiling point, 136° C. 



(§ 45°) • 



It requires only a few minutes to dissolve paraffin from the sec- 

 tions, but a day or more in the xylene does no harm. 



