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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1 January 2001
Behind the Discovery of “Nissenbaum's Fixative”
GERALD NISSENBAUM
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The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology
Vol. 48 • No. 1
January 2001
Vol. 48 • No. 1
January 2001
Combined fixation and adhesion
history
inventions
serendipity