[Morphology of the corneal endothelium under normal conditions and during regeneration after mechanical injury].

On a preparation of the corneal endothelium membrane from a rabbit, the morphological structure of the endothelium is examined under normal physiological conditions and during regeneration after abrasion by mechanical means. Thematerial which is submitted here is outlined in two chapters: (1) The morphology of the normal corneal endothelium; (a) in the contest of the literature on the subject, (b) in comparison with different methods of preparation. (2) The morphology of endothelium regeneration; (a) in the literature as physiological regeneration and, after experimental abrasion, as a model for human endothelium pathology, (b)as a systematic examination at different points of time after mechanical abrasion and in single phases of indirect and direct cell multiplication. After a survey of the comprehensive literature on the subject, several histological fixations and methodds of endothelium preparation as a membrane are given. In a comparison of the findings of the presentation of the normal endothelium, these methods are described in virw of a specific presentation of pathological endothelium rocesses. On the basis of the dyeing characteristics of the cells after intraocular pre-fixation; the evidence of the viscous mucopolysaccharoid membrane on the cell surface (the membrane having been dissected from the endothelium) is discussed...