A note on the histology of sterile incubated cancerous and healthy tissues / by Samuel G. Shattock and Charles A. Ballance.

  • Shattock, Samuel George.
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[1888]
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Credit: A note on the histology of sterile incubated cancerous and healthy tissues / by Samuel G. Shattock and Charles A. Ballance. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Reprinted from the ‘ Transactions of the Pathological Society of London,' 1888. A note on the histology of sterile incubated /cancerous and healthy tissues}J Bj Samuel G. Shattock and Charles A. Ballance. [With. Plates XXXIV and XXXV.] In our previous communication we were able to show that portions of cancer {i. e. carcinoma or sarcoma) and portions of normal tissues, viz. muscle, kidney, testicle, liver, submaxillary salivary gland, could be maintained sterile upon blood-serum, agar-agar, and in nutrient jelly for an indefinite period at a temperature of 100° P. Some of the tubes which we had the honour of submitting to the Society this time last year we are able to show this evening; they are still sterile, and the cancer lumps within them appear as though only just removed from the opei’ating room. In these experiments no antiseptics were used; the precise details of the method are described in the former payter. We now propose to record briefly the histological appearances exhibited by sterile incubated tissues, cancerous and healthy. We had made some observations on this subject at the time our paper was read last year, but we did not think that we should be justified in bringing them before the Society until we had made further observations, and the matter still needs, indeed, much more in- vestigation. We have during the last year incubated portions of nearly forty malignant tumours, and have made a large number of experiments with healthy tissues. These have been submitted after incubation to microscopical examination. The staining l'eagents employed have been logwood and fuchsin, as we found that they 1 Towards the expenses of this research a grant was made by the British Medical Association^ the recommendation of the Scientific Grants Committee of the Association.