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THE lens of the eye can be considered as a transparent sac of proteins and as such should be amenable to examination with transmitted polarized monochromatic light. The results obtained when the lenses of sheep, lambs, steers, calves, dogs and rabbits were examined for their capacity, in vitro, to rotate the plane of polarized monochromatic light are reported.
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KIRSCHENBAUM, D. Optical Rotatory Capacity of the Lens of the Vertebrate Eye. Nature 193, 392–393 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/193392a0
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