Michael Foster and Thomas Henry Huxley, Correspondence, Letters 135 through 162, 1865–1895

Abstract

Dearly beloved Good for the histology – I am sending the proof of Cartilage Connective tissue & bone to Clay 1 with directions to send slips on to you – & you can cut them about as you please. Most of our examiners have not a notion of what histology means at present – & I think it will be good for other folks to get it into their heads that it is not all sections & carmine. It makes more in bulk than I could have wished – but I have not said more than is need-ful for clearness so far as I know. I took a good deal of pains to get clear about these matters two or three years ago & it's a pity the result should be lost. I think some valuable illustrations might be got out of the German edition of Ranvier – It is unluckily incomplete & I can't make out that there is or ever was a French edition – there is nothing at all good elsewhere. 2 Muscle & nerve are pretty nearly done & will go to Clay early next week.