BACKGROUND AND BEGINNINGS
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Figure 18.—A diatom, a form of unicellular life of microscopic size, is magnified by 2,540 diameters.
and lodged in the white matter of the cerebrum just above the anterior portion of the left corpus striatum where it was found. The ventricles of the brain were full of clotted blood. A thick clot beneath the dura mater coated the right cerebral lobe. There was a smaller clot under the dura mater of the left side.
