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Description: | RAT albino 1month old Testes fixed 1 hr Chrom:Formol 1:1 and overnight 70% Alcohol 25-6-43 BAD FIXAT (written on a piece of paper wrapped around the specimen). MANU PONTERCORVO,Guido. June 25, 1943 Glasgow University, Glasgow, Scotland. This is a specimen of the testes of an albino laboratory rat, which is an inbred variety of *Rattus norvegicus*, the brown rat. The specimen was fixed with a solution of chromic trioxide , formol and alcohol (see Zenker) and imbedded in paraffin wax.
Zenker's solution. A stock solution consists of mercuric chloride, potassium bichromate and sodium sulphate. The working solution consists of 95 % Zenker stock + 5 % glacial acetic acid. When glacial acetic acid has been replaced by formalin, it is called formol-Zenker fixative.
Freidrich Albert von Zenker (1825-1898) German physician and pathologist
Appears to be connected with work done on Chinese sandflies as vectors for *Leishmania* published in 1931 by professor Edward Hindle (1886-1973) Chair of Zoology at Glasgow University.. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | SCIENTIFIC COLLECTION : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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