Quain's elements of anatomy . Fig. 330.—Corpuscles of the ratsCORNEA. From a preparation treated WITH CHLORIDE OF GOLD. () Fig. 331.—Cell-spaces of the ratscornea. From a preparation stained•with nitrate of silver. () The membrane of Descemet or Demonrs (fig. 329, 4) (posteriorelastic lamina, Bowman), not very closely united with the fibrous part ofthe cornea, is transparent and glassy in appearance. It is firm andstructureless, but very elastic ; and when shreds are removed from itthey tend to curl up with the attached surface innermost. It appearsnot to be affected by acids, by b
Quain's elements of anatomy . Fig. 330.—Corpuscles of the ratsCORNEA. From a preparation treated WITH CHLORIDE OF GOLD. () Fig. 331.—Cell-spaces of the ratscornea. From a preparation stained•with nitrate of silver. () The membrane of Descemet or Demonrs (fig. 329, 4) (posteriorelastic lamina, Bowman), not very closely united with the fibrous part ofthe cornea, is transparent and glassy in appearance. It is firm andstructureless, but very elastic ; and when shreds are removed from itthey tend to curl up with the attached surface innermost. It appearsnot to be affected by acids, by boiling in water, or by maceration inalkalies, but under some conditions it can be split up into very finelamellse. In thickness it varies from -g-^g-o ^^ -20V0 of an inch. It islined next the anterior chamber with an epithelium (fig. 329, 5), whichresembles that on serous membranes, consisting of a single layer offlattened polygonal cells with distinct nuclei. At its circumference the membrane breaks up into bundles of
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