<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">I would not allow this unless the illustrator can make a really, really good case for doing so. Any solution you use other than ethanol will contaminate the specimen (you will most likely not be able to get all of the other chemicals out of the specimen).<br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Why does the illustrator want to move the specimens to water? It would be better if the illustrator kept the specimens in alcohol and worked in a properly ventilated space.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">--John<br><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">John E. Simmons<br>Museologica<br>128 E. Burnside Street<br>Bellefonte, Pennsylvania 16823-2010<br><a href="mailto:simmons.johne@gmail.com" target="_blank">simmons.johne@gmail.com</a><br>303-681-5708<br><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.museologica.com&d=AwMFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=Ux_zPAogJKK43JlKbSKgxV_U3AXiFH4OvTLU1uZrJBs&s=3JYtXiPvtmxRtd0h7Cwz2txlScp7lvG1SiFkaET-zqs&e=" target="_blank">www.museologica.com</a><br>and<br>Adjunct Curator of Collections<br>Earth and Mineral Science Museum & Art Gallery<br>Penn State University<br>University Park, Pennsylvania<br>and<br>Instructor, Museum Studies<br>School of Library and Information Science<br>Kent State University<br>and<br>Lecturer in Art<br>Juniata College<br>Huntingdon, Pennsylvania<br></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 10:46 AM, Esther Dondorp <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:esther.dondorp@naturalis.nl" target="_blank">esther.dondorp@naturalis.nl</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Dear All,<div><br></div><div>We have a project for which our scientific illustrator needs to draw salamanders/frogs from the spirit collection. The specimens are stored in 70% alcohol (some of them probably have been fixed in formalin before but I am not sure) and during the drawing process they take them out of the jar and submerge them in water. This can take hours. I think this is not good for the specimens and will damage them eventually, also because after that we put them into 70% alcohol again. This will be quite a shock to the tissue I guess. But because they always did it like this, I started doubting myself. What do you think?</div><div><br></div><div>Would there be some other substance to put the specimens in during the drawing process that would be less damaging for the specimens and also not intoxicate the illustrator? Or maybe we could use a lower percentage of alcohol? </div><div><br></div><div>Many thanks, any comment on this appreciated.</div><div><div><br></div><div><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Esther Dondorp</div><div><br></div><div><font size="1">Collection manager Reptiles and Amphibians, Naturalis</font></div><div><br></div><div><span style="color:black;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:x-small"><br></span></div><div><br></div></div><p><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"><br></font></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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