Study of Golgi apparatus and vacuolar system of cavia, helix, and abraxas, by intra-vital methods

Abstract

Abstract Up to a few years ago, cytologists in general had accepted the view that the animal cell consisted of a nucleus and a cytoplasm containing granulations of two-types, Golgi bodies which had the power of forming vesicles, and mito-chondria or chondriosomes. Most people have been reluctant to admit the presence of a third cytoplasmic constituent, apart from the centrosome. Recently Parat and his school of workers have claimed that the cell has a system of vacuoles, containing a substance stainable especially in neutral-red, and that this system is the homologue of the Golgi apparatus of nerve cells, first demonstrated by Camillo Golgi.