| Description | Correspondence relating to tissue sectioning and the preparation and examination of slides, including samples of Blue Whale, Fin Whale, Sperm Whale, Humpback Whale and Sei Whale collected by the Southern Venturer.
Includes 4 envelopes containing tissue samples in paraffin blocks. The samples are stored separately and not available for general access. From a note in the file the samples appear to be:
No. 1 Heart muscle from Humpback 25.12.49 FH Addison
No. 2 Meat from Psoas and L Dorsi muscle, Fin whale 69' PM 4.5 hours 15.1.50, Southern Venturer, FH Addison
No. 3 Phocaena phocaena muscle from lumbar region
No. 4 Stenella frontalis ventricular muscle
GL 1950/61 |