Corrosion Casts of Lymphatics

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Abstract
After direct injection of Mercox into the thyroid parenchyma [of dogs] corrosion casts of the lymphatics were observed by scanning EM. It seems reasonable to deduce from the following points that these corrosion casts were of the lymphatic system: variable size of columnar vessels; 3-dimensional anastomoses, occurrence of blind endings; V-shaped reliefs on parts of the columns, certainly indicative of valves; bead-like structures formed by closure of valves and depressions and surrounding saw-toothed figures on the surfaces of the casts, probably corresponding to the nuclei and boundaries of endothelial cells.

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