Joan
There  are 3 formulae listed in Gray's Formulary and Guide.

Stieve as cited in Romeis 1948
190 ml. water, 11.5 gms. mercuric chloride, 50 ml. 40% formaldehyde, 10 ml.
acetic acid.

Stieve as cited in Roskin 1946
190 ml. water, 2 gms mercuric chloride, 50 ml. 40% formaldehyde, 10 ml. acetic
acid.

Stieve as cited in Romeis 1948
210 ml. water, 2.2 gms picric acid, 15. ml. 40% formaldehyde, 0.75 gms
trichloroacetic acid.
This is obviously a modified Bouin's.

From the components and also the date, I would guess that these are all
fixatives used for general morphology.
Barry

Joan Roach wrote:

> Hi
> Does anyone know the composition of Stieve's fixative?  And its uses?
> Thanks
> Joan
>
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