116 THE ACTION OF THE LIVING CELL 



marked congestion with small hemorrhages through- 

 out the visceral area, although there is no evidence of 

 congestion in the spinal cord. (Turck, 1918b.) 



This result indicates that if for any reason a preg- 

 nant animal suffers an accumulation of cytost we may 

 expect the fetus to be affected in some adverse way. 

 Experiments which will be discussed in Chapter VIII 

 have shown that such is the case. 



