CHAPTER XXIX 
FORMULAS FOR REAGENTS 
FIXING AGENTS 
Absolute Alcohol.— Used alone without any mixtures. 
Carnoy’s Fluid.— 
Absolute alcohol. 2 parts 
Chloroform. 3 parts 
Glacial acetic acid. 1 part 
Farmer’s Fluid.— 
Absolute alcohol. 3 parts 
Glacial acetic acid. 1 part 
Formalin Alcohol (Lynds Jones’s formula). — 
70 per cent alcohol. 100 c.c. 
Commercial formalin. 2c.c. 
Formalin Alcohol (Dr. Land’s formula). — 
50 per cent alcohol. 100 c.c. 
Commercial formalin. 6 c.c. 
Formalin Acetic Alcohol.— 
50 per cent alcohol. 90 c.c. 
Commercial formalin. 5c.c. 
Glacial acetic acid. 5 c.c. 
Formalin Acetic Acid.— 
Commercial formalin. 10 c.c. 
Glacial acetic acid. 5c.c. 
Water. 85 c.c. 
Formalin.— 
Commercial formalin. 3 to 10 c.c. 
Water. 100 c.c. 
Stock Chromo-Acetic Solution.—• 
Chromic acid. 1 g- 
Glacial acetic acid. 1 c.c. 
Water. 100 c.c. 
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