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effete or transitory cells which also occur in cancer, yet there 

 is a difference in the proportions of various kinds of these cells 



Fig. 48. 



in the two classes of tumors. The predominating cells of this 

 kind in fungoid tumor are the very large parent cells, with 

 numerous young cells or cytoblasts in their interior. They are 

 often as large as ^th of- a line in diameter; and the caudate 

 cells are always irregularly caudate or ramifying. 



There are seldom any of the regular caudate or elongated 

 cells of small size, such as go to the formation of the cellular 

 and fibrous tissue, and of true cancers. The fat cells and 



Fig. 49. 



granules are perhaps more abundant than in scirrhus. Fig. 

 49 is the microscopic appearance of encephaloid, consisting of 



