Document Details
Title:
BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LAB...STANDARD EQUIPMENT INCLUDES A FREEZING MICROTOME
Author(s):
UNK, [BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY]
Document Location:
Location - DOE/NNSA NUCLEAR TESTING ARCHIVE Address - P.O. Box 98521 City - Las Vegas State - NV Zip - 89193-8521 Phone - (702)794-5106 Fax - (702)862-4240 Email - NTA@NV.DOE.GOV
Document Type:
OTHER
Document Type Other:
AUDIOVISUAL MATERIAL
Publication Date:
1954 Dec 31
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0002
Accession Number:
NV0098126
Document Number(s):
AEC545026
Originating Research Org.:
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 27
OpenNet Modified Date:
2003 Sep 18
Description/Abstract:
BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY UPTON LONG ISLAND NEW YORK...STANDARD E QUIPMENT IN MANY PATHOLOGY LABS INCLUDES A FREEZING MICROTOMS SUCH AS THIS ONE. THE PATHOLOGIST ON THE LEFT RELEASES CARBON DIOXIDE FROM TI NY HOLES TO FREEZE TISSUES PLACED ON A SMALL DISK (CARBON DIOXIDE WHIC H CAUSES THE FOG TO FREEZE LIVING CELLS INSTANTLY ON CONTACT). WITH H IS RIGHT HAND THE PATHOLOGIST MANIPULATES THE BLADES WHICH SLICE THE T ISSUE THIN ENOUGH FOR EXAMINATION UNDER A MICROSCOPE. TISSUES ARE NO RMALLY IMBEDDED IN PARAFFIN TO PROVIDE SUFFICIENT FIRMNESS FOR SLICING . THE TECHNICIAN ON RIGHT DIPS THE TISSUE SLICES IN DYE SO INDIVIDUAL CELLS CAN BE IDENTIFIED READILY UNDER A MICROSCOPE FOR A RAPID DIAGNO SIS OF CANCER.