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Description: | 4. Grasshoppers heat treatment 1936 (on a label on top of the tin containg the specimen). O. viridulis [male symbol] Exp 16hrs 17/7/36 Formol C Bouin 6hrs. (written on a label attached to the specimen) MANU HINDLE,Edward. July 17, 1936 The Department of Zoology, Graham Kerr Building, Glasgow University, Glasgow, Scotland. This is a specimen of the testes of *Omocestus viridulis*, the common green grasshopper, fixed with Formol and then Bouin's fluid, made from a saturated aqueous solution of Picric acid, Formalin (40% aqueous formaldehyde) and Glacial Acetic Acid, and imbedded in paraffin wax. Pol Bouin (1870-1962) French endocrinologist and histologist.
This is one of a series of experiments to discover what changes might occur in the reproductive organs of grasshoppers due to thermal stress. | 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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