ORIGIN OF BLOOD AND ENDOTHELIUM 



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Fig. 1 The head end of a normal Fundulus heteroclitus embryo from life, 

 five days old; hi, the heart, showing its S-shape; e, eye; o, ear. 



Fig. 2 From a living embryo of the same age, developed in a weak solution 

 of alcohol; the blood does not circulate and the bodj- is small; ht, the heart 

 stretched into a straight tube surrounded bj^ a much dilated pericardium; ch, 

 small and unexpanded chromatophores. 



Fig. 3 The head end of a five-daj' embrj^o without a circulation, from a weak 

 alcohol solution; ht, the heart slighth^ projecting from beneath the head. 



Fig. 4 A five-daj^ embryo from a stronger alcohol solution; the eye is Cyclo- 

 pean, the posterior end of the body split, cauda-bifida, and no blood circula- 

 tion. Pigment cells are collecting about the sinuses; Pc, distended pericardium; 

 Kv, Kupffer's vesicle, also hugely distended. 



