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this compartment there is " a special, disc-shaped, integumental 

 expansion," which Bilharz (3) was the first to recognise for the 

 electromotive element proper, the terminal expansion of a twig of 



P N P 



FIG. 260. Malapterurus electricus. Portion of L.S. through the organ, showing the spaces/.? 1 ) bounded 

 by septa of connective tissue ; an electrical plate is attached to each posterior wall_(P) ; N 1 >1 - 

 plate with nerve-stalk. (Fritsch.) 



nerve, the electrical plate, analogous in all respects with the many 

 tissues of similar structure and composition in the other electrical 

 organs. Each of these is attached to the posterior wall of its 



