JOURNAL OF MICROSCOPICAL SCIENCE. 



DESCRIPTION OF PLATE IX, 



Illustrating Mr. Hepwortli's paper on Compound Nucleated 



CeUs. 

 Fig. 

 1. — Epitlielial scales from kidney, after desquamation of the tubuli 



uriuiferi. 



a. Blood discs. 



b. The same altered by exosmosis. 



2. — Compound cells from cyst of ovarian dropsy. 



3. — Nucleated cells from cancroid tumour of the brain. 



4. — Ditto from forearm of an old ^yomanJ aged 83. 



a. Epithelial scales. 

 5. — Nucleated cells from mamma, 

 6. — Ditto from uterus. 



PLATE X, 



)f Dr. HaU' 



Consumption.^ 



Illustrating review of Dr. Hall's work on Thoracic 



1. — Yellow tubercle. 



a. Tubercle corpuscles. 



b. Simple tubercle cells. 



c. Granular matter in quantity. 



d. Curled elastic tissue. 

 2. — Gray tubercle. 



a. Elastic tissue of the air-cells. 



b. Tubercle elements. 



c. Compound tubercle cells, and epithelium in a state of fatty dege- 



neration. 

 3. — Yellow tubercle liquefied. 



a. Fluid of a creamy consistence from the centre of crude yellow 



tubercle. Small tubercle corpuscles, granules, and oil in a state 

 of minute division. 



b. Pus-like fluid from yellow tubercle completely liquefied. 



c. Pus-cells. 



d. Granule cells. 



e. Columnar epithelium. 



f. Oil molecules. 



g. Free granules. 



h. A few single tubercle corpuscles. 

 5. — Sputa from chronic bronchitis. 



a. Pus and mucus. 



b. Bronchial columnar epithelium. 



c. Shrivelled and abortive cells. 



d. Blood corpuscles ; some of these appear to have a delicate envelope. 



e. Leptomitus (a minute fungus). 

 5. — Gelatinous sputa, consumption. 



a. Enveloped blood corpuscles. 



b. Cells with a few granules, molecular matter, and oil. 

 6. — Flocculent sputa, consumption. 



a. Pus and mucus, shrivelled cells, with irregular edges, granular 



matter, and oil. 



b. Group of cells, with pigment ; probably from one of the bronchial 



glands. 



c. Curled elastic fibre. 



* All the figures on this plate arc enlarged 250 diameters. 



