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IN cutting histological sections in the tropics, the room temperatures during the day are in many cases so high that microtome work has to be done during the evening or at night. With paraffin wax the solution of this difficulty is usually sought in the employment of a wax of a higher melting point than that commonly used in temperate regions, because a higher melting point is usually correlated with a harder wax. Unfortunately, this means that material during infiltration is subjected to a much higher temperature than is desirable, waxes of 60-70° C. (140-158° F.) melting point being necessary.
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Steedman, H. F., Quart. J. Micro. Soc., 88, Third Series, No. 1.
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Steedman, H. An Ester Wax for Use in the Tropics. Nature 164, 1084–1085 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/1641084a0
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