596 General Notes. [June 
Schultze states that the success of the method depends on 
following precisely the directions given as to time. If the e 
remain longer, either in alcohol, turpentine, or paraffine, the 
results may be entirely unsatisfactory. If the conditions are 
strictly followed the eggs have the consistency of the paraffine, 
and cut finira without ribbing: 3 in sections 34, mm. thick. 
For staining borax-carmine was used, directly after washing, 
akur hours. The eggs were next placed in acid alcohol 
of seventy per cent. (five drops of the pure acid to 100 ccm. of 
the alcohol) to remove a part of the color 
The first hardening fluid does not penetrate well, and is not 
well adapted for fixing the central parts of the egg. 
Baskets for the Suspension of Objects in Paraffine.—Mr. 
H. Garman recommends the use of wire baskets for suspending 
objects in paraffine. Such a basket is easily made by coiling 
Fic. I. FIG. 2. FIG, 3. 
annealed wire as shown in Fig. 1, beginning at the centre of the 
bottom, and working outwards to the margin, then making the 
handle (2), and finishing with a triangular base (4). In use it is 
placed in the melted paraffine, the triangular base suppo rting 
and keeping it ee the bottom of the paraffine basin; and it 
can be removed by means of the proectiog handle, which is 
. rai eeh ah Ae i t does not interfere with the glass 
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