Show experiments WITH TADPOLES extraordinary Ite aults of german eclen tuntg operations dr born of breslau has experimented on the embryos and tadpoles of frogs with reference to the subject of regeneration of parts with some striking results for example says alie s ew york independent lie by accident partly cut off the tail of a tadpole so that it hung by the skin in twenty four hours the gap was filled in he then cut a portion of the tail off and found on putting it on again that it grew together lie has cut pieces off from one part of the body and spliced them on to another individual at first he spliced together two pai ts of the same tadpole tad nole he then cut a number of tadpoles into two and let the two parts grow together again encouraged by his success in these plastic operations he took the anterior half of the body of one tadpole and applied it to the posterior h alf of another tadpole and the two parts grew together again then he took the two anterior of tn 0 tadpoles making a double ended creature which lived a little while he also took a minute larva and grafted the anterior half of one to the tail end of another aiso the dorsal half of one tadpole of the one genua 11 as made to grow to the ventral hilf of the of the other genus tie then sliced off enough of the ventral surface of two tadpoles to make a double tailed animal finally he cut off the ventral surfaces of and a frog and applying the freshly cut ventral surface to each other produced a double monstrosity which lived for several days |