Artistic and scientific taxidermy and modelling : a manual of instruction in the methods of preserving and reproducing the correct form of all natural objects, including a chapter on the modelling of foliage / by Montagu Browne ... with 22 full-page illustrations and 11 illustrations in text.

  • Browne, Montagu.
Date:
1896
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Credit: Artistic and scientific taxidermy and modelling : a manual of instruction in the methods of preserving and reproducing the correct form of all natural objects, including a chapter on the modelling of foliage / by Montagu Browne ... with 22 full-page illustrations and 11 illustrations in text. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAPTER III NARCOTISING, KILLING, AND PRESERVATIVE MEDIUMS. PRE- SERVATIVE SOAPS, POWDERS, ETC. MODELLING-COM- POSITIONS, CEMENTS, AND VARIOUS GENERAL FORMULA In a number of the formulae which follow, there are certain rules to be observed prior to the actual preservation of the subject, as a whole, in some liquid; but in many instances it is only necessary to steep it in some medium, which is a sufficient preservative for a certain time. These may be called pre- servatives of the first class, and are to be found in Division I. of this chapter. Others require the removal of the flesh of the subject, so that the skin merely may be preserved, and these are preservatives of the second class, and are to be found in Division II. DIVISION I .NARCOTISING, KILLING, AND PRESERVATIVE MEDIUMS, WITH DIRECTIONS FOR THEIR USE Undoubtedly one of the first things to be considered, after having procured a specimen, is the method to be adopted in quickly and efficiently narcotising, killing, or preserving it, as the case may be. Various methods for the treatment of the vertebrata are described hereafter, but the treatment of the invertebrata is quite a different matter, and has been made a special study by many biologists; but perhaps the most