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Henle seems to coalesce with the sheath of Schwann, and 

 if one has no difficulties on account of the nucleus (6) one 

 can iviagine he sees the nerve-fibre penetrate the sarcolem- 

 ma. The other fibre {B), however, shows the real condi- 

 tion of things. Here we see that Henle's sheath is open — 

 the nerve protrudes from it, applies itself, forming a 

 narrow plate, to the muscle-fibre ; then forms a little 

 arch with concavity towards the muscle, comes in contact 

 again, etc. It is not my purpose now to discuss the 



FIGURE 2. 

 question as to the situation of the nerve-endings, and 

 will only say that such facts do not seem to speak in 

 favor of the teachings of Kuehne, according to which the 

 end fibrils of the nerve are situated underneath the 

 sarcolemma. I must remark, however, that the whole 

 end fibril {A) corresponds to one of the parts of the end 

 fibril {B) cemented to the muscle-fibre, and the apparent 

 coalescence of the Schwann and Henle is brought about 



