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PHYSIOLOGY 



CHAP. 



Pacini's and Kuffini's corpuscles. The former, already discovered 

 by Vater, were described in detail by Pacini (1840), who saw them 



FIG. 10. Two Golgi-Mazzoni corpuscles connected with a single bifurcated nerve-fibre. (Ruffini.) 

 The ramified fibres within the corpuscles present numerous varicosities, varying in size and 

 appearance. 



adhering to the branches of the nerves that run in the fat under 

 the skin of the palm of the hand and sole of the foot, as small oval 



FIG. 11. Variety of Golgi-Mazzoni corpuscle, distinct from the preceding because the 11011- 

 myelinated nerve-fibre forms a characteristic interlacement in the core. (Crevatin.) 



bulbs, quite visible to the naked eye (Fig. 13). They are too well 

 known to require further description. As is well shown in Fig. 

 14, the Pacinian corpuscle consists of a capsule of finely lamel- 



