Abstract
SAMPLES of lungs of blue- and fin-whales, provided by the kind co-operation of the “United Whalers”, made it possible to study closely the structure of the respiratory tissue. The methods employed were serial sections and various kinds of staining.
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ENGEL, S. Respiratory Tissue of the Large Whales. Nature 173, 128–129 (1954). https://doi.org/10.1038/173128a0
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