Template:Carnegie Collection stage 2 table

Carnegie Collection - Stage 2
Serial No.	Normality	No. of Blastomeres	Size of Fixed Specimen (µm)	Fixative	Embedding Medium	Thinness (µm)	Stain	Year	Notes
8190	abnormal	9	160x104	Alc. & Bouin	C-P	6	Iron h., or G	1943	Hertig et al. (1954)
8260	in vitro	2	50x75	Bouin	C-P	8	(Stain - Haematoxylin Eosin)	1944	Menkin and Rock (1948)
8450	abnormal	8	100x96	Alc. & Bouin	C-P	6	(Stain - Haematoxylin Eosin), phlox.	1947	Hertig et al. (1954)
8452	abnormal	12	110x93	Alc. & Bouin	C-P	6	(Stain - Haematoxylin Eosin), phlox.	1946	Hertig et al. (1954)
8500.1	in vitro	3	50x86	Bouin	C-P	8	(Stain - Haematoxylin Eosin)	1947	Menkin and Rock (1948)
8630	abnormal	5	104x94	Alc. & Bouin	C-P	6	(Stain - Haematoxylin Eosin)	1948	Hertig et al. (1954)
8698	normal	2	122x88	Alc. & Bouin	C-P	6	(Stain - Haematoxylin Eosin)	1949	Hertig et al. (1954)
8904	normal	12	115		Specimen lost			1951	Hertig et al. (1954)
Abbreviations Embedding medium - paraffin (P) or a combination of celloidin and paraffin (C-P). Fixative - formalin (Formol), alcohol and formalin (Alc, formol), Bouin (Bouin solution) ? - unknown or not determined.
Hertig AT. Rock J. Adams EC. and Mulligan W.J. On the preimplantation stages of the human ovum: a description of four normal and four abnormal specimens ranging from the second to the fifth day of development. (1954) Carnegie Instn. Wash. Publ. 603, Contrib. Embryol., 35: 199-220. Menkin MR. and Rock J. In vitro fertilization and cleavage of human ovarian eggs. (1948) Amer. J. Obstet. Gynecol, 55, 440-452. PMID 18903892