Sliding microtome. Officine Galileo. About 1950.

This sliding microtome, produced by Officine Galileo around 1950, is a development of the microtome designed by Ulbrecht-Reichert. The blade at the top slides on a horizontal plane above the specimen holder, advancing along an inclined plane so to raise at each pass of the blade of the desired section thickness. This tool allows cutting of slices with thickness from 2 to 10 microns.