CONNECTIVE TISSUE. 



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cells are, by means of offshoots, directly connected with the 

 bone-cells. 



The results of my researches lead to the following con- 

 clusions : 



The bodies of the cartilage cells have radiating offshoots. These 

 offshoots form a delicate varicose reticulum in the basis-substance. 

 At the points of transition of hyaline cartilage into striated, 

 fibrous cartilage and into periosteum, the offshoots are very large 

 and broad ; they connect neighboring cells, either directly or indi- 

 rectly, by means of delicate offshoots. 



In 1872 I was not yet acquainted with the structure of 

 bioplasson i. e., the cell-body, nor had I then recognized the 



FIG. 77. HYALINE CARTILAGE IN TRANSITION TO STRIATED CARTILAGE, 

 FROM THE BORDER OF THE CONDYLE OF FEMUR OF A GROWN DOG. 

 STAINED WITH CHLORIDE OF GOLD. 



C, dark violet cartilage corpuscles with distinct nuclei, projecting offshoots, O, which 

 directly or indirectly connect the corpuscles ; B, pale violet basis-substance, exhibiting a 

 partly dark violet, partly light, reticulum. Magnified 800 diameters. 



significance of the interconnection of cartilage corpuscles for 

 elucidating biological views in every respect contradictory of the 

 cell theory. Still, I felt confident that, on account of the sim- 



