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alcohol, and renders the muscular fibres distinct by acting upon 

 them for a short time with nitric acid of 20£. The method, 

 also, employed by Wittich (p. 486), should be used, according 

 to Gerlach. The contractile fibre-cells are nowhere more 

 beautifully displayed than in the gravid uterus. The uterine 

 glands are best shown at the menstrual period and in the first 

 months after conception. The ciliated epithelium is only to be 

 seen in perfectly fresh subjects, and best in the Fallopian 

 tubes; the non-ciliated cells, on the other hand, are readily 

 seen. The preparation of the external parts presents no diffi- 

 culty, and the directions already given are applicable to the 

 glands, nerves, papilla, and epithelium."] 



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