infocus #41 March 2016 Medicine Show

In this article the author describes techniques for preparation of pharmaceuticals, photomicrographic techniques.

DOI: 10.22443/rms.inf.1.135

Many pharmaceutical chemicals when properly prepared can evoke marvelous images of diverse patterns and colouration when cross-polarized under the microscope. As well as describing the techniques used there is also a gallery of finished images to explore.

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Author

Michael R. Much

Fellow of RMS

Michael Reese Much FRMS is an amateur microscopist recently retired from 40+ years in the photographic industries, which included positions with Kodak and Olympus in technical capacities. He has exhibited his photography in solo and group installations, and has lectured on photography and developed an adult education course in photography which he taught for several years.He is a frequent contributor to the UK-based web magazine Micscape,for which he writes articles on microscopy technique and restoration of classic microscopes. He has placed twice in the RMS Scientific Imaging Competition, and his winning image of crosspolarizedAscorbicAcid was featured on the cover of infocus in December 2010. He has also had an image featured on the RMS calendar every year from 2012-2015.