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axone terminals. This proves that the dendrites are entirely 
covered by the meshes of that network. The axone as well as 
medullated fibers are differently characterized, since they are 
entirely free from the coverings of these terminals. This fact 
is well shown in Fig. 2. The relation of these meshes to 
- either dendrites or the cell-body is shown by both Figs. 1 and 
2. Fig. 3 represents one process of the dendrites of the motor 
cells of the cat, stained with HEIDENHAIN’s iron-haematoxylin. 
As we see from these two figures, the filaments form an ex- 
panded meshwork containing a large number of neurosomes 
and come in contact with the cell-surface. These meshes unite 
again with those of the neighborhood and completely cover the 
cell-body and dendrites. A part of this meshwork on the cell- 
surface is shown in Fig. 3, which has been drawn from a motor 
cell of a cat stained with HerpeNnnain’s iron-haematoxylin. 
The axone terminals, in some cases, form a coarse network in 
the neighborhood of the cell-body (Fig. 1), or in some in- 
stances, these meshes are formed after the axone terminals have 
reached the surface of the cell-body (Fig. 2). 
Thus my preparation shows that the pericellular network 
is composed exclusively of the substance of a nervous nature 
and there is not the slightest evidence that the glia fibers 
take part in the formation of the meshes. This confirms the 
observations previously published. This network which I am 
treating of coincides with that obtained by HE Lp (’95) and 
AUERBACH (99). The question now arises whether this net- 
work will coincide also with that obtained by Gotar (’98) and 
BETHE (’00). 
By means of an elaborate technique, BETHE was able to 
show a peculiar reticular structure covering the cell-bodies as 
well as dendrites. To this reticular structure, just mentioned, 
BETHE (’00), gave the name ‘‘Golginetz 
the ‘‘Golginetz”’ is homologous with structures described by 
Meyer, HEtp and AverBacH. He says: (1) ‘‘Alle Gang- 
lienzellen und ihre Protoplasma Fortsatze (auch in den feinsten 
”) 
According to him, 
Verzweigungen) sind umgeben von specifischen Netzen, welche 
gung g 
ich ‘‘Golginetze’”’ nenne. Eine Ausnahme bilden hierin die Spinal- 
