I found the Histo-Logic archive on one of Sakura's web pages. Lee Luna was the
editor for several years. Nothing there before about 1980 periodic acid for
re-working H The archive is huge and many contributions look good. See
Oh my goodness, my heart is so heavy. I love John and Joe and all the Caggiano
family. They were so helpful with all the state societies and supporteted us
consistently through our early years and on into the later ones as well. They
are such a part of our profession and I will miss John so
Dear HistoPeeps:
I have some sad news to share with the histology/pathology community. Joe
Caggiano informed me Monday that his brother John passed away this last Sunday
night. John Caggiano, founder, President and CEO of Poly Scientific R & D
Corp, died quietly in his sleep after a long
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> I recall learning the technique of using 1% periodic acid to brighten up
> dismal hematoxylin staining, when I was a resident at Johns Hopkins in
> 1970. I don't know where the histochemist I learned it from got it, though
Bob Richmond
Maryville TN
I thought he may have reported this in Histologic.
This trick certainly works. You can notice the nuclear clarity on GIT and to a
lesser extent skin biopsies stained with PAS.
Regards,
Tony Henwood MSc, BAppSc, GradDipSysAnalys, CT(ASC), FFSc(RCPA) (Retired)
Principal Scientist, the Children’s
