MulderMan Posted April 30, 2004 Share Posted April 30, 2004 whats a good power for a microscope for looking at blood smears? also ive been recomended to use a mixture of mehylene blue with eosin to get a good colour contrast, so will the red blood cells just be pink (no nucliei) and while cells will be pink with a blue center and then the plasma will be light pink right? and whats the ratio of white blood cells to red? also is there any other tests i could do on the blood, i think i could do glucose with my grandads deiabitis machine or is that for something else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MulderMan Posted May 13, 2004 Author Share Posted May 13, 2004 i also heard you can do stuff with chromatography? (typo) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeoxyriboNucleicAcid Posted May 13, 2004 Share Posted May 13, 2004 why dont ya experiment yourself? Depending on your dye saturation, the type of blood, and many other variables, you may get a pretty pictue or not under the microscope. I simply recomend experimenting, and dont prick yourself too much if youre using your on blood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aman Posted May 14, 2004 Share Posted May 14, 2004 If you want blood samples from people who are squeemish and won't be poked, tap their nuckles with the teeth of a clean comb. Then ask them to spin their arms around like a windmill three times. Blood will be running down their nuckles and it was painless. Just a tip. Just aman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
admiral_ju00 Posted May 14, 2004 Share Posted May 14, 2004 If you want blood samples from people who are squeemish and won't be poked' date=' tap their nuckles with the teeth of a clean comb. Then ask them to spin their arms around like a windmill three times. Blood will be running down their nuckles and it was painless. Just a tip.Just aman[/quote'] or you can call on me and my services and i'll make a nice and clean incision with my broad sword Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted May 14, 2004 Share Posted May 14, 2004 Isn't that a little extreme for such a small amount of blood? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felinlasv Posted May 14, 2004 Share Posted May 14, 2004 You can get a clean view of a blood sample with almost every microscope, I even did it with the kind of microscopes they sell for children, bu then you can't see the individual cells but only colours.. In one mm³ blood you have about: -5000.000 red bloodcells -7000 white bloodcells (x10 if you have a serious infection) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MulderMan Posted May 14, 2004 Author Share Posted May 14, 2004 thanks guys, i think i might borrow a few sterile needles off my grandad. have to try that comb thing though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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