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Figure 113.—Dr. Robert E. Stowell, second Scientific Director, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, 1959- .
Storage of wet-tissue specimens in 20-gallon crock jars has been largely superseded by storage in sealed plastic bags, containing a small amount of formalin (fig. 114). The plastic bags offer many advantages in saving of space, ease of handling, and freedom from formalin fumes. By April 1959, storage of speci-