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found in the gall-bladder and in the tubes, the biliary liver 

 remaining comparatively uninjured. If the larger cells were 

 the secreting element of the bile, it would be impossible to 



comprehend how secretion could continue ; these cells when 

 thus completely infiltrated with fat, from a physiological point 

 of view, are only defunct globules. 1 Numerous and recent 

 histological researches, however, having for their object the 



1 See P. A. Accolas, " Essai aur POrigine des Canalicules He'pa- 

 tiques, et sur Plndependance des Appareils Biliaire et Glycogene 

 du Foie." Thise de Strasbourg, 1867, No. 19. 



