[PDF] The Living Cell – A re-examination of its fine structure Harold Hillman, Peter Sartory by Harold Hillman, Peter Sartory

We would also like to place on record the following further points: (i) many cell biologists do not agree with our conclusions, but few have cast doubt on the evidence we have adduced; (ii) it is our conclusion, not our assumption, that many of the structures visualised by electron microscopy must be artefacts; (iii) so far, only one public debate of our views has taken place. Our offer to a public debate of current views about cell structure on equal terms before any scientific audience at any mutually convenient time (Hillman & Sartory, 1978 a, b) remains open indefinitely and for all countries; (iv) no member of any audience or any reader of our publications has taken issue with our assertion that it would be impossible to construct a threedimensional model of a living cell based on any electron micrograph of a whole cell, in which the model would show how intracellular movements could occur (Hillman & Sartory, 1977b). Table of contents : Preface 5 Introduction; Understanding the living cell 11 The structure of the generalised cell 13 The nature of artefact 23 Production of images by light and electron microscropes 29 Critique of the current view 35 The real structure of the living cell; implications of present considerations 79 Postscript 86 List of references 88 Appendix 1 Definitions 98 Appendix 2 Problems of interpretation of experiments 99 Appendix 3 List of textbooks showing the ‘unit’ membrane, and the attachment of the endoplasmic reticulum to the nuclear and cell membrane 102 Author index 104 Subject index 108