Oil immersion magnification without the oil.

Substitute for Cedar Wood Oil for Oil Immersion Work

Microdiffusion chambers permitting the oil-immersion microscopy of growing microorganisms.

There is an obvious need for a technique whereby the medium surrounding an organism under microscopy can be altered without displacing the organism from the field. For example, we are interested in observing the same organisms before, during, and after exposure to various agents. Our general solution is to confine the organisms within a microchamber separated from the well of a well-slide by a ...

The magic of immersion oil: gray platelet syndrome.

Correspondence: Ignacio Español, MD, Departament d’Hematologia, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Avgda P. Claret 167, 08025 Barcelona, Spain. Phone: international + 34-93-2919246 • Fax: international +34-934555161. Well-prepared peripheral blood smears, without anticoagulant in order to avoid platelet swelling, were stained with May-Grünwald-Giemsa. Examining these smears with a 403 object...

Miicrofluidic-based Oil-immersion Lenses for High Resolution Microscopy

Optical imaging systems with submicron resolution typically require the use of expensive, high numerical aperture (NA) microscope objective lenses. Here, we describe a novel Microfluidic-based Oil-Immersion Lens (μOIL) chip that can perform submicron and wide field of view imaging. Key element of the chip design is the use of high index of refraction, oil-immersion ball mini-lenses that have hi...

Severe lipoid pneumonia following attempted suicide by mineral oil immersion.

Following an attempted suicide by drowning in a vat of mineral oil, a previously fit man survived the usually fatal lipoid pneumonia resulting from total immersion after intensive support and prolonged steroid therapy with recovery of chest radiography and pulmonary function at one year.