Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889, West, Tuffen, Knapp, Arthur M., former owner · London ; New York : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge · leaf 23
are most useful. I generally carry a pair in mypocket whenever I go into the fields, for they serveto draw little insects out of their hiding-places, topick up objects too minute for the fingers, and tohold them while undergoing examination with thepocket-magnifier. … But the sheet anchor of the microscopic dissector ismade of needles, which should be kept of different sizesready to hand. Fastened into wooden handles, theyare employed in teasing out delicate structures, so as toseparate the tissues of which they are composed withouttearing or cutting them. Some…
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