title: [Rational preparation of thin bone sections by mechanical grinding. I. Method].
abstract: A grinding machine for preparing thin nondecalcified bone sections after methacrylate embedding is described. A second micrometer screw with diamond is mounted in a specimen holder to adjust exactly the final thickness of the sections. The bone specimens are ground by a turnably mounted rough glass plate. The desired thickness of the sections is reached as soon as the diamond tip of the micrometer screw touches the glass surface. The sections can are used for microradiography, fluorescence microscopy, and histochemical investigations.
mesh_terms: D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000166:cytology*; D006652:Histological Techniques; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods
vernacular_title: Rationelle Herstellung von Knochendünnschliffen durch maschinelles Schleifen. I. Mitteilung: Methode.