468 PORES OF THE SKIN. 



A good view of the perspiratory ducts passing between the cutis 

 and cuticle, may be obtained by peeling off the cuticle from the 

 palm of the hand in a decomposing limb ; or by scalding a small 

 portion of integument and then separating the cuticle. 



The Pores are best observed during perspiration, when the fluid 

 is seen oozing through their minute openings. In the hand and sole 

 of the foot they are easily seen by the naked eye without this assis- 

 tance. They are disposed at regular distances along the ridges of 

 the cuticle, and give rise to the appearance of lines cutting the ridges 

 transversely. 





