Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Journal of Comparative Neurology, 1901, Vol. 11: A Quarterly Periodical Devoted to the Comparative Study of the Nervous System
The white rat was used for the present work. Since the nerve cells are rapidly altered after death and also undergo changes in Old age - as Shown by hodge1 - Care was taken to use material from animals freshly killed, and mature, but not senescent.
White rats, between -100 and 150 grams in body weight, were employed. Specimens of this weight are in the prime Of life.
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