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xv, 260 pages, 8 leaves of plates : illustrations, frontispiece ; 25 cm

Dental microscopy

viii, 436 pages : color frontispiece, illustrations ; 22 cm

Practical microscopy

Liposarcoma, a type of cancer in which the tumour cells show the characteristics of fat cells, and is the most common soft tissue sarcoma. It is slow-growing and painless, and most commonly presents in middle-aged adults. It is extremely rare in children. There are six subtypes of liposarcoma, with the three most common called 'well-differentiated', 'myxoid' (round cell), and 'pleomorphic'. On rare occasions liposarcoma can present cells of multiple types, in which case it is known as a mixed-type liposarcoma.



Here, a sample of myxoid liposarcoma is shown, and is the second most common subtype. It is characterized by variable proportions of round and oval mesenchymal cells, cells which have the ability to develop into a variety of cell types including connective tissue. A smear made from tumour has been stained with MGG (May Grünwald Giemsa) to distinguish between different cell types; the red/pink cells are red blood cells, and the purple stain identifies sarcoma cells. Multiple vacuolated (holed) cells are also present which are called lipoblasts, and are precursors of adipocytes (fat cells).



Horizontal image width 215 micrometers.

Myxoid liposarcoma, microscopy

The Microscopy and Zoology during Darwin's life-time.

The Microscopy and Zoology.

With special reference to the 19th century (Darwin's life-time). Part of the case showing the use of injected preparations.

Mikroskopische Bilder : Naturansichten aus dem kleinsten Raume ; ein Gemälde des Mikrokosmus in seinen Gestalten und Gesetzen

3 volumes in 1 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm

Das mikroskop : Theorie, gebrauch, geschichte und gegenwärtiger zustand desselben

The microscopy of drinking-water

Cours de microscopie complémentaire des études médicales : anatomie microscopique et physiologie des fluides de l'économie.

Illustrated scientific and descriptive catalogue of achromatic microscopes, manufactured by J. & W. Grunow & Co., New Haven, Conn.

xii, 100 pages, ii leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

On the construction and use of the microscope

viii, 231 pages, 3 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Micrographia : containing practical essays on reflecting, solar, oxy-hydrogen gas microscopes; micrometers; eye-pieces, &c. &c.

viii, 144 pages, 28 leaves of plates (some color) : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm

A treatise on the construction, proper use, and capabilities of Smith, Beck, and Beck's achromatic microscopes

The microscope and its revelations

Die Microscopie als Hilfswissenschaft der Medicin : microscopische Anatomie und Physiologie der thierischen Flüssigkeiten

The preparation & mounting of microscopic objects

284 pages, 5 folded leaves of plates ; 25 cm

Des microscopes et de leur usage : description d'appareils et de procédés nouveaux, suivie d'expériences microscopiques puisées dan les meilleurs ouvrages anciens et les notes de M. Le Baillif, et d'un mémoire sur les diatomées, etc. par M. De Brébisson

Gated-stimulated emission depletion (STED) micrograph of a single human kidney cell. The protein labelled within the cell (red) is called actin, which forms a filamentous skeleton inside cells (like a road network for the cell). Actin has been labelled with green fluorescent protein (GFP) and the image is shown in false colour to show different levels of fluorescence intensity. The actin network can be very complex and is too small to see using ordinary microscopy. This image has been acquired using super-resolution microscopy, which bypasses the diffraction limit to enable us to see much smaller structures than previously possible. Being able to visualise these intricate connections that actin makes can help us understand cellular growth, transport and in turn cell communication. Width of image is 33 micrometres. Gated-STED is one type of super-resolution microscopy.

Human kidney cell, Gated-STED microscopy

Elementary microscopy : a handbook for beginners

This is a high power field of a squamous carcinoma of the lacrimal gland which is located next to the eye. The intense red of this image is due to eosin (stain) concentration, caused by the thickness of the smear and by keratinization; the replacement of cytoplasm by keratin, the structural protein of which hair and nails are formed.

The chaotic three dimensional growth of the malignant cells is emphasized by the three dimensional effect produced by the differential interference contrast, a special type of microscopy.

Squamous carcinoma of lacrimal gland, microscopy

8 pages, IX leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm

Report on dental histology and microscopy

xi, 539 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

A text-book of histology : arranged upon an embryological basis

xxxii, 882 pages, 25 pages of plates (part. color) : illustrations ; 19 cm

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Mikroskopische Bilder : Naturansichten aus dem kleinsten Raume ; ein Gemälde des Mikrokosmus in seinen Gestalten und Gesetzen

Das mikroskop : Theorie, gebrauch, geschichte und gegenwärtiger zustand desselben

The microscopy of drinking-water

Cours de microscopie complémentaire des études médicales : anatomie microscopique et physiologie des fluides de l'économie.

Illustrated scientific and descriptive catalogue of achromatic microscopes, manufactured by J. & W. Grunow & Co., New Haven, Conn.

On the construction and use of the microscope

Micrographia : containing practical essays on reflecting, solar, oxy-hydrogen gas microscopes; micrometers; eye-pieces, &c. &c.

A treatise on the construction, proper use, and capabilities of Smith, Beck, and Beck's achromatic microscopes

The microscope and its revelations

Die Microscopie als Hilfswissenschaft der Medicin : microscopische Anatomie und Physiologie der thierischen Flüssigkeiten

The preparation & mounting of microscopic objects

Des microscopes et de leur usage : description d'appareils et de procédés nouveaux, suivie d'expériences microscopiques puisées dan les meilleurs ouvrages anciens et les notes de M. Le Baillif, et d'un mémoire sur les diatomées, etc. par M. De Brébisson

Human kidney cell, Gated-STED microscopy

Elementary microscopy : a handbook for beginners

Squamous carcinoma of lacrimal gland, microscopy

Report on dental histology and microscopy

A text-book of histology : arranged upon an embryological basis

The microscope and its revelations

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Das mikroskop : Theorie, gebrauch, geschichte und gegenwärtiger zustand desselben

The microscopy of drinking-water

Cours de microscopie complémentaire des études médicales : anatomie microscopique et physiologie des fluides de l'économie.

Illustrated scientific and descriptive catalogue of achromatic microscopes, manufactured by J. & W. Grunow & Co., New Haven, Conn.

On the construction and use of the microscope

Micrographia : containing practical essays on reflecting, solar, oxy-hydrogen gas microscopes; micrometers; eye-pieces, &c. &c.

A treatise on the construction, proper use, and capabilities of Smith, Beck, and Beck's achromatic microscopes

The microscope and its revelations

Die Microscopie als Hilfswissenschaft der Medicin : microscopische Anatomie und Physiologie der thierischen Flüssigkeiten

The preparation & mounting of microscopic objects

Des microscopes et de leur usage : description d'appareils et de procédés nouveaux, suivie d'expériences microscopiques puisées dan les meilleurs ouvrages anciens et les notes de M. Le Baillif, et d'un mémoire sur les diatomées, etc. par M. De Brébisson

Human kidney cell, Gated-STED microscopy

Elementary microscopy : a handbook for beginners

Squamous carcinoma of lacrimal gland, microscopy

Report on dental histology and microscopy

A text-book of histology : arranged upon an embryological basis

The microscope and its revelations

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