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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Also useful is Paul Brown’s publication:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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used in the preparation, Curation and conservation of microscope slides at the Natural History Museum, London.. <i>Biology Curator</i>, <b>10</b> : 1 - 33.
</span><a href="https://natsca.org/journal-articles/154">| Natural Sciences Collections Association (natsca.org)</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="CY">Julian Carter (he/him)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>John E Simmons<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 01 June 2021 17:29<br>
<b>To:</b> Callomon,Paul <prc44@drexel.edu><br>
<b>Cc:</b> NH-COLL listserv (nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu) <nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Nhcoll-l] Old slides<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Moore, S. J. 1979. Restoration of the Quekett Microscope Slide Collection.
<i>Microscopy</i> 33:489-494.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Neuhaus, B., T. Schmid, and J. Riedel. 2017. Collection management and study of microscope slides: storage, profiling, deterioration, restoration procedures, and general recommendations.
<i>Zootaxa</i> 4322(1):1-173.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, Jun 1, 2021 at 12:22 PM Callomon,Paul <<a href="mailto:prc44@drexel.edu">prc44@drexel.edu</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US">Can anyone recommend how-to guides to assessing and triaging antique microscope slides? I have a ton of them to deal with right now. I need to know how best to
clean and store them, how to revive (if possible) hardened fixatives, etc. These are mostly polychaete and other worm samples, including sections and jaw parts, and are anything from 50 to 140 years old.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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