Tissue processing method
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1. A method of processing a tissue specimen, comprising the steps of suspending the specimen in condensing vapours of a volatile dehydrating agent, condensing the vapours on the specimen, and permitting the condensed vapours of the dehydrating agent to penetrate throughout the specimen and to be absorbed thereby until the moisture therein has been completely displaced.
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Histological and like tissue specimens are processed by suspending them successively in the condensing vapors of a dehydrating fluid and a clarifying fluid and permeating the tissue specimens with the respective condensed fluid.
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- 1. A method of processing a tissue specimen, comprising the steps of suspending the specimen in condensing vapours of a volatile dehydrating agent, condensing the vapours on the specimen, and permitting the condensed vapours of the dehydrating agent to penetrate throughout the specimen and to be absorbed thereby until the moisture therein has been completely displaced.
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