OF THE SKIN. 



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superficial is, and in the co- 

 rium, their connection is very 

 intimate, and they form, espe- 

 cially in the latter, a very 

 dense tissue, with indications 

 of lamination. In the pa- 

 pilla the fibrous structure is 

 not everywhere distinct, and 

 instead of it there often exists 

 a more homogeneous tissue, 1 

 which frequently appears to 

 be bounded by a structure- 



Fig. 48. 



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Fig. 49. 



Fig. 48. Two papillae of the surface of the hand, from slightly macerated skin, 

 x 350 : a, wavy, remarkably distinct fibrils of connective tissue ; b, Transverse elastic 

 fibrils lying in the axis of a papilla and transverse nuclei, axile corpuscles, the 

 corpuscula tactus of R. Wagner (see § 37) ; of nerves no trace is to be seen without 

 reagents. 



Fig. 49. A, Elastic fibres from the inner part of the fascia lata of man, closely 

 interwoven, and appearing like an elastic membrane, x 450. B, An elastic fibre with 

 a serrated edge, such as may also be seen occasionally in the cutis. 



4 [The most superficial layer of the cutis is invariably composed of a transparent 

 matrix, homogeneous or nearly so, in which nuclei are imbedded. The " indications 

 of lamination" are simply the commencement of the breaking up of this tissue into 

 areolated connective tissue, such as we have already described ; see note, p. 83. 

 —Eds.] 



