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texture, or by an induration and enlargement of the original 

 areolar tissue of the part. The larger and coarser fibres and 



Fig. 45. 



lamellae of this tissue become converted into dense and firm 

 ligamentous bands, which intersect each other in various 

 directions. 



Vogel, and some other writers, describe a second kind of 

 fibres, which occur in a reticulated form, cross-barred, or in 

 irregular meshes. They are distinguished from the first-men- 

 tioned whitish or ligamentous bands, by being insoluble in 

 acetic acid. Fig. 46 (from Yogel, after Miiller), shows the 



Fig. 46. 



fibrous stroma of scirrhus, as seen in the microscope. The 

 meshes are formed by bundles of carcinoma reticulare of the 

 breast, as they appear after the globules have been removed. 



