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To make a hanging drop slide: You will need a depression slide, a
square coverslip, some petrolatum, and the liquid suspension of what
you wish to view.
Place a small spot of petrolatum on each of the 4 corners of the
coverslip. Place a drop of your suspension in the center of the
coverslip. Invert a depression slide over the drop, allowing the
petrolatum to attach the coverslip to the depression slide. Quickly
(but carefully) invert the slide so that the coverslip is oriented
"up", and the drop is hanging into the slide depression.
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