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the cells as specifically interstitial cells. The masses of inter- 

 stitial tissue in the transplanted gland, as seen in figure 14, 

 contain cells that are foreign to the same location in the normal 

 condition. Two types of cells especially are found in practically 

 everyi testis graft sectioned. One type is a comparatively large 





Fig. 14 More highly magnified portion of a 232-day testicle graft from female 

 49 B. ct, connective tissue; it, interstitial cells; St, seminiferous tubules contain- 

 ing Sertoli cells. 



cell, chiefly distinguished by the large eosin-stained granules 

 within the cytoplasm, the nucleus being usually nodular in form 

 or composed of distinctly separate parts; these cells are regarded 

 as the typical eosinophile cell of the vascular system, but their 

 significance in this locality and in such numbers is entirely un- 

 known. Usually they are somewhat indicative of a more or less 



