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A WELL-KNOWN difficulty in using rocking microtomes for ultra-thin sectioning is the tendency for the cut section to be picked up on the return stroke. A number of mechanical devices have been described1 which attempt to overcome this. The device described here is a non-mechanical and exceedingly simple but effective aid to serial sectioning.
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CHARLES, A. Ultra-thin Serial Sectioning with Rocking Microtomes. Nature 180, 1302 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1038/1801302a0
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