Medical microscopy : a guide to the use of the microscope in medical practice (1898)
Wethered, Frank Joesph, 1860-1928 · Philadelphia : Blakiston · leaf 370
unded by membranes, technically knownas the testa; the surface of the seed consists of angularcells, filled with granular oily matter, whilst its substanceis made up of cells filled with starch corpuscles, and it iswith these latter that we are most closely concerned, as thetesta is in great part… … Wheat-starch Grains. Each granule exhibits a peculiar spot, termed the hilum,round which are seen a set of circular lines which are forthe most part concentric with it. A characteristic effect isproduced by polarized light; each grain shows a dark cross,the point of intersection being at the hilum.…
Microscopy · Laboratory Techniques and Procedures · Medical microscopy
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