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Nerve-End Organs in the Pancreas. 



By E. O. Little. 



The following is an abstract of woii-c done to determine the number, 

 position, and distribution of the I'aeinian corpuscles in the pancreas of 

 the cat. Ml'. F. C. Jackson sectioned tlie material and counted the 

 corpuscles. 



Average munber of corpuscles in pancreas 40.4. average number of 

 corpuscles in per cubic centimeter of pancreas C.i7. 



Ninety-five per cent, of the corpuscles are near the surface of the 

 gland and may be stripped off v^'ith the mesentary; 5% are deep in the 

 gland tissue. Of the 95% found near the surface, 28% were near dorsal. 

 72% near the ventral surface. Only occasionally Avas a corpuscle found 

 in contact with the intestine. 



