A new microtome / by Charles S. Roy.

Date:
[1890?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A new microtome / by Charles S. Roy. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    in any other direction being prevented by the form of the bed which has been cut in the larger plate for its reception. The small thumb- screw e serves to connect the moveable plate with the end of the larger screw d, and admits of the plate being removed when desired. Fastened underneath the larger plate in such a way that it can be readily removed and replaced is the bent brass tube f, which is in- tended to admit of a few drops or of a constant flow of spirit being projected on the knife and specimen while sections are being cut. This tube is connected with a test-tube arranged after the principle of a Wolff’s bottle, and which can conveniently be suspended by a thread from the button-hole. A caoutchouc tube, with a mouth-piece of glass attached to it, permits of air being blown into tbe test-tube, forcing out a part of the contained spirit or water by the tube f. The method of using the instrument is exceedingly simple. The portion of tissue to be cut is imbedded in an appropriate imbedding