TEE COEIUM. 



forming an insoluble and tough compound with the tannin 

 of the oak-bark employed. Wherever there are hairs bun- 

 dles of plain muscular tissue are found in the corium ; it 

 contains also a close network of capillary blood-vessels, and 

 a a a 



-A 

 .m 



sc 



FIG. 76. A section through the skin and subcutaneous areolar tissue, h, horny 

 stratum, and m, deeper more opaque layer of the epidermis; d, dermis passing 

 below into sc, loose areolar tissue, with fat, /, in its meshes : above, dermic 

 papillae are seen, projecting into the epidermis which is moulded on them, a, 

 opening of a sweat-gland ; gl, the gland itself. 



.numerous lymphatics and nerves. In shaving, as long as 

 the razor keeps in the epidermis there is no bleeding ; but 

 a deeper cut shows at once the presence of blood-vessels in 

 the true skin. 



How ? Where do we find plain muscular tissue in the corium ? 

 What blood-vessels are found in it ? What else ? 



