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thelium and there can be seen several rows of surface epithelium. 

 The gland fundi have much lower and smaller cells. The number 

 of mitoses in these cells varies. They may be absent or almost 

 absent. Often there are mitoses present in the gland ducts and 

 sometimes in the surface epithelium. They are always absent in 

 the gland fundi. The connective tissue under the epithelium is 

 rather cellular and fibrils maybe missing, or be little pronounced ; in 

 the deeper connective tissue they are more prominent. Mitoses 

 are usually lacking in the connective tissue, but a few may be 

 present especially near the epithelium of the surface of the gland 

 ducts. Some mononuclear cells and also a few polynuclear leu- 

 cocytes can be seen in the mucosa and may migrate through the 

 surface epithelium, or collect in its neighborhood. The uterus is 

 usually slightly papillary. There is no marked hyperemia in the 

 mucosa, which, however, is somewhat edematous. Some gland 

 fundi are cystically dilated, and partly filled with leucocytes, 

 partly without leucocytes. 



Within the first hour after copulation the uterine epithelium 

 (of the surface as well as of the gland ducts) is high cylindrical; 

 in the gland fundi we find lower cuboidal cells; inasmuch as 

 the quantity of cytoplasm is relatively small in the gland fundi, 

 the blue color predominates if the sections are stained with 

 haematoxylin and eosin. The glands as a whole are small, 

 straight and widely separated. Mitoses are more or less frequent 

 in the surface epithelium and in that part of the glands in which 

 the cells are high cylindrical, the mitoses are, however, more 

 frequent in the glands. The connective tissue is rich in cells, 

 the nuclei are somewhat larger, the tissue is in parts somewhat 

 edematous, especially towards the surface; no mitoses are seen 

 in the connective tissue. Some gland ducts are filled with 

 polynuclear leucocytes; these are also present around glands; 

 many glands, however, are free from polynuclears. Small 

 mononuclear cells migrate through the surface epithelium. One 

 hour after copulation the condition of the mucosa is almost the 

 same as five minutes after copulation; the number of the mitosse 

 in the surface epithelium has perhaps been somewhat decreased. 

 The mucosa is quite edematous; a mitosis is seen in the connective 

 tissue (perhaps in an endothelial cell.) Some spermatozoa are 



