Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1897 — Revealed by the Microscope. [ARTICLE]

Revealed by the Microscope.

A ready means of distinguishing between fresh meat and that which has been frozen, a writer points out, Is furnished by the microscope. A small quantity of the blood or meat juice is examined, and if this Is from fresh flesh numerous red corpuscles normal in color and floating In clear serum are seen; while in the case of blood from flesh that has been preserved by freezing the corpuscles have dissolved In the serum, and not a single normal red corpuscle can be seen. The liquid must be examined before there has been any drying.