Technique for reconstituting fixed cadaveric tissue

✍ Scribed by Blaney, Sean P. A. ;Johnson, Barry

• Book ID: 101602153
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1989
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 205 KB
• Volume: 224
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0003-276X
• DOI: 10.1002/ar.1092240413

✦ Synopsis

Dissecting room cadavers used over a prolonged period inevitably become desiccated, especially in well-ventilated surroundings. It is particularly desirable that dissections used for end-of-year examinations be restored to their original condition. We describe here a quick and simple procedure designed to restore neglected specimens to their former condition at dissection. Specimens were either soaked for 24 hr in a standard solution of fabric conditioner or sprayed with the same standard solution. The specimens were then wrapped with muslin soaked in the conditioner and covered with polythene sheeting for 1 week. The results obtained were excellent and much superior to a short soak in water. The results further indicate that this technique may have other applications in the preparation of fixed histological material.