Specimens

Entomological Specimens

Pathological Specimens

Pathological Specimens

(a) Extensive slough of almost entire length of oesophagus vomited by young man aged 19, eight days after accident. Surgical interference was found necessary, and patient succumbed to operation. (I?) Large slough apparently gastric vomited. Six weeks after poisoning, symptoms of pyloric obstruction developed, and patient died after operation. (V) Large slough passed per rectum by male patient, ...

Bioassay of Plasma Specimens

L IVER transplantation has been increasingly used to treat end-stage liver diseases since the introduction of Cy A in combination with other immunosuppressive agents. 1 Although Cy A has a powerful immunosuppressive effect on allograft rejection, many transplant recipients still experience rejection episodes that are often irreversible. The nephrotoxicity of Cy A in some recipients has necessit...

Movements in Living Specimens

The study of many biological processes requires the analysis of three-dimensional (3D) structures that change overtime. Optical sectioning techniques can provide 3D data from living specimens; however, when 3D data are collected over a period of time, the quantity of image information produced leads to difficulties in interpretation. A computer-based system is described that permits the analysi...