Glad to see you posting again!!!
Hazel

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	RSRICHMOND@aol.com [SMTP:RSRICHMOND@aol.com]
> Sent:	Saturday, October 12, 2002 9:32 PM
> To:	histonet@pathology.swmed.edu
> Subject:	Paragon stain
> 
> Cathy Mayton writes:
> 
> >>The Paragon stain  was designed for frozen sections and was marketed by
> a 
> company by the name of Paragon. The formula that appeared on the bottles
> of 
> Paragon stain was as follows:
> Toluidine blue  CI 520040 ................0.73 gm
> Basic fuchsin , CI 42510 ................0.27 g,
> Ethyl alcohol, 30% ........................100 ml <<
> 
> I prepared the stain by this formula for a locum tenens client in 1982. He
> 
> said it worked like the old stain for frozen sections. 
> 
> Bob Richmond
> Samurai Pathologist
> Knoxville TN