RECORD: Darwin, C. R. & Francis Darwin. 1874.07.05. In a hair killed by raw meat examined. CUL-DAR57.109. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 1.2023. RN1
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In a hair killed by raw meat —examined with No 8 Hrnk, there are large spheroidal masses partly filling the cells & having just the outlines of aggregated protoplasm. They have lost the transparent pink & acquired a dingy opaque brown-green. They are either irregularly granular, or as is are apparently breaking up into very minute spheres, or have a pale fading faint appearance as if they were fading away— The glands still bright pink
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spec 4 — ditto in one
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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