Behind the Discovery of “Nissenbaum's Fixative”

GERALD NISSENBAUM

doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.2001.tb00408.x

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GERALD NISSENBAUM¹

¹Department of Medicine, Jersey City Medical Center, Jersey City, New Jersey 07304, USA

Abstract

The author describes the serendipitous discovery, conception, development, and history of Nissenbaum's Fixative while an undergraduate biology major in the early 1950s. The subsequent uses, applications, and modifications over the past forty-seven years are also described. Some of the modifications omitted from his short original paper are mentioned. Highlights of his subsequent career in the field of medicine are noted.

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GERALD NISSENBAUM "Behind the Discovery of “Nissenbaum's Fixative”," The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 48(1), 3-9, (1 January 2001). https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1550-7408.2001.tb00408.x

Published: 1 January 2001