T1TB SKELETON. 



for its cells, and being 

 laid down as a soft 

 packing material, a good 

 deal like raw cotton, 

 in the crevices between 

 different organs, as 

 shown at s, Fig. 3, 

 where it is seen between 

 the muscles of the fore- 

 arm. This tissue is, in 

 fact, so widely spread 

 over the body, from the 

 skin outside to the 

 lining of the alimentary 

 canal within, that if we 

 could employ a solvent 

 which would corrode 

 away all the rest, and 

 leave only the connec- 

 tive tissue, a very per- 

 fect model of all the 

 organs would be left ; 

 something like a skele- 

 ton leaf, but far more 

 minute in its tracery. 



Articulations and 

 Joints. If the pieces 

 forming the hard frame 



For what purposes ? 

 What would be left if all 

 materials composing the 

 body except its connective 

 tissue were dissolved away ? 



Pi. 8. The bony and cartilaginous 

 skeleton. 



