Hassall's Corpuscles
Historical document, translated for reference. It reflects medical knowledge of the 1920s–30s and is not medical advice.
Summary
This article from the 1928–1936 Soviet Great Medical Encyclopedia describes Hassall's corpuscles as concentric layers of flat epithelial cells visible in cross-sections of the thymic medulla. It notes that reconstruction methods demonstrate they are sausage-shaped epithelial cords that narrow in places.
Encyclopedia entry (1928–1936)
HASSALL'S CORPUSCLES (Hassall), concentric layers of flat epithelial cells visible in cross-sections of the medullary substance of the thymus gland—remnants of the epithelial rudiment of the thymus. By means of reconstruction methods, it is possible to prove that Hassall's corpuscles represent sausage-shaped epithelial cords that narrow in places (Gamburtsev). See Thymus gland.
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“Hassall's Corpuscles.” Soviet Medical Encyclopedia. English translation of Bolshaya Meditsinskaya Entsiklopediya, 1st ed. (Moscow, 1928–1936), ed. N. A. Semashko. https://sovietmedicalencyclopedia.pages.dev/article/hassalls-corpuscles/