Lisa,

	Elmer's was used in the days before poly-l-lysine, charged slides,
Sta-On, etc. It was used instead of egg albumin for tissues which were
difficult to keep on slides, or harsh staining treatments.
Rae Ann Staskiewicz
Galesburg Animal Disease Lab
Galesburg, IL

TWARE4U@aol.com wrote:
> 
> hi histonet,
> I don't mean to sound stupid, but could someone please explain this Elmers
> Glue thing. I personally never heard of this before. Is it something to keep
> tissue from falling off the slide? If it is we use Surgipath's Sta On. I
> would appreciate some enlightening.
> Lisa Wierzbicki HT/MLT (ASCP)
> Lead Tech
> Center for Dermatopathology
> Thomas Jefferson University