Perpenduum » Medicine http://perpenduum.com Contiguous thought Sun, 28 Mar 2010 18:10:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Antique Microscope Slides http://perpenduum.com/2008/06/antique-microscope-slides/ http://perpenduum.com/2008/06/antique-microscope-slides/#comments Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:10:45 +0000 David Goligorsky http://perpenduum.com/?p=448 Before the Royal Microscopical Society introduced the rectangular glass slides and cover sheets, a “slider” was made from a disk of ivory or bone that was hollowed out with the sample inside, held between sheets of transparent mica (wikipedia).

Antique Slides

The Nonist has a small collection of these Victorian-era sliders, which are incredibly beautiful even without a microscope. (via Monoscope)

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Kidneys

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