Editing Microscope slide (section)

==History==
[[File:Filippo pacini cholera discovery.gif|upright=1.2|thumb|A microscope slide prepared in 1855 containing reference specimens from the inner [[mucosa]] of the [[small intestine]] of a [[cholera]] victim.]]
The origin of the concept was pieces of [[ivory]] or [[bone]], containing specimens held between disks of transparent [[mica]], that would ''slide'' into the gap between the stage and the objective.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/esmicrosco00adam Adam, George. Essays on the microscope. 1798]</ref> These "sliders" were popular in [[Victorian-era]] England until the [[Royal Microscopical Society]] introduced the standardized glass microscope slide.<ref name="Bristol">{{cite web|last1=Connett|first1=Jess|title=The art of the invisible|url=https://www.bristol247.com/lifestyle/shops/the-art-of-the-invisible/|website=[[Bristol24-7]]|access-date=29 March 2018|date=4 October 2017}}</ref>