THE SENSORY NERVATURE 67 



As proving that the peripheral or sensory terminal 

 nervature must necessarily be the most superficial element 

 of the true skin, we may point out that the sense of touch 

 is resident in the most acute degree at the parts of the 

 cutis vera nearest the surface, and, therefore, that it is the 

 first vasculature met with in the usual manner of per- 

 forming vaccination, where it is best not to "draw blood," 

 and to avoid the haemal vasculature ; hence the nerve 

 terminals usually lie above or outside of the capillary 

 vessels of the skin, except in the red or more deeply 

 tinged areas referred to in describing the more conspicuous 

 cutaneous naked-eye features for the detection of the 

 peripheral distribution of the sensory nervature. 



