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very fine near the cellular surface, but which grow 

 larger and more numerous lower down. 



155. Illus. The fine surface of a kid glove and the openness of 

 the inner side is an excellent example of the structure of such a mem- 

 brane. The membrane at the surface of any bone can be peeled off 

 and show the character of a dense membrane. 



156. FASCIA ARE ierely dense membranes of a 

 sheath-like form, performing special purposes. 



157. AREOLAR OR CONNECTIVE TEXTURE (also called 

 tissue and cellular) is merely Sinewy Tissue in the form 

 of bands of small or considerable width, intersecting 

 each other in every direction so as to form spaces of 

 very small or considerable size if they should be dis- 

 tended. These spaces are usually merely moistened 

 with serum, but sometimes it collects, producing one 

 form of dropsy. They can be distended with air, when 

 it will be found that the air will creep from one space to 

 another till all parts of the body will be distended. 



FIG. 146. 



Fig. 146 represents a 

 small portion of one form 

 of Areolar texture, with 

 its spaces distended and 

 communicating. They 

 evidently vary in size, 

 and may be as small as 

 a mustard-seed, or as 

 large as an egg. As 

 usually found, the sides 

 of these spaces touch. 



158. Illus. BUTCHERS sometimes introduce one end of a pipe into 

 a piece of meat, and blow air through the pipe into the areolar texture 

 of the meat, and give it an appearance of being fat. 



159. Illus. In Paris, a child with an enormous head was exhibited 

 to excite compassion and obtain charities. The parents, being question- 

 ed by the authorities, confessed that they had tied a bandage around 

 the child's head to prevent the air from passing below it, and made an 



155. Illustrate membrane. 156. What ? 157. What ? Describe Fig. 146. 

 158. What said ? 159. What exhibited in Paris ? 



