THE SKIN. 



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They are much smaller than the scales of dandruff, and 



look like dust. We do not notice them, but they gather 



in our clothing; and 



we may scrape off 



some of them, and 



examine 



Papillae. 



Epidermis 

 or cuticle. 



them with 

 a microscope. They 

 appear as dry white 

 scales or flakes, and 

 they are really dead 

 skin. As this dead 

 surface wears off, the 

 deep layer must keep 

 on growing, to make 

 up. 



4, The top layer of 

 the skin is called the 

 epidermis, or cuticle. 

 The deep layer of the 

 skin is called the 

 derma, or cutis vera 

 (true skin). If a very 

 thin slice of skin be 

 taken out by cut- 

 ting straight down 

 through it, and we 

 look at it with a mi- 

 croscope, we see some- 

 thing like the figure 

 (Fig. 59). On the- 

 line which joins the 

 derma and epidermis, there are little cones pointing up. 



Derma, or 

 cutis vera. 



Fig. 59. 

 SECTION OP SKIN. 



