On The Fringe

Two negative strips (actually, they are 'positives,' when I scanned them in as negatives the colors were all inverted. Perhaps these were part of a slide system?). Strips appear to be images from microscope slides.

Found in "Fringe Medicine" by Brian Inglis. Published by Reader's Union, 1965.

Here are the scans:









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6 comments:

  1. UnknownNovember 6, 2012 at 11:42 AM

    very cool

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  2. LentNovember 6, 2012 at 12:30 PM

    These are cell and tissue slides for use on a microscope, probably for teaching purposes.

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  3. EmilyNovember 6, 2012 at 7:40 PM

    What a great find!

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  4. LookingUpNovember 6, 2012 at 8:22 PM

    That's rather freaky! One of them looks like an alien spawn!

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  5. Mr. C.November 7, 2012 at 11:03 AM

    At least a couple of those look like cross sections from hearts to me...RV would be Right Ventricle, LV would be the left atrium, and I think A is Aorta and V Vena Cava...I could be wrong, but I seem to remember something similar as part of a biology lesson once upon a time. Thanks for sharing!

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  6. Childish DemocratNovember 10, 2012 at 3:53 PM

    I used to help make these, and worked with my dad (a microbiologist) on them. Basically you microtome a tissue sample slicing a very thin layer away, then stain the tissue to bring out the cell structures, the tissue is put between two extremely thin slide which are glued together in a way that allows no air in, so that they are preserved. They are then used to show cell structures, specific cell types, etc. in a microbiology class.

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