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Horizontal preparation of cornea of frog; showing the network of branched cornea-corpuscles. The ground substance was completely colorless.

Magnified Frog Cornea Showing Branched Corpuscles

Horizontal preparation of cornea of frog; showing the network of branched cornea-corpuscles. The ground…

Surface view of part lamella of kitten's cornea, prepared first with caustic potash and then with nitrate of silver. By this method the branched cornea-corpuscles with their granular protoplasm and large oval nuclei are brought out.

Lamella of Kitten's Cornea

Surface view of part lamella of kitten's cornea, prepared first with caustic potash and then with nitrate…

Vertical section of rabbit's cornea, stained with gold chloride. Labels: e, Laminated anterior epithelium. Immediately beneath this is the anterior elastic lamina of Bowman. n, Nerves forming a delicate sub-epithelial plexus, and sending up fine twigs between the epithelial cells to end in a second plexus on the free surface; d, Descemet's membrane, consisting of a fine elastic layer, and a single layer of epithelial cells. the substance of the cornea, f, is seen to be fibrillated, and contains many layers of branched corpuscles, arranged parallel to the free surface, and here seen edgewise.

Section of Rabbit's Cornea

Vertical section of rabbit's cornea, stained with gold chloride. Labels: e, Laminated anterior epithelium.…