THE CORIUM. 



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tissue forming an insoluble and tough compound with the 

 tannin of the oak-bark employed. Wherever there are 

 hairs bundles of plain muscular tissue are found in the 

 corium; it contains also a close network of capillary blood- 



FiG.76. A section through the skin and subcutaneous areolar tissue, a, horny 

 stratum, and 6, Malpighian layer of the epidermis; c, dermis, passing belo-sv 

 into, d, loose areolar tissue, with fat,/, in its meshes: above, dermic papillae are 

 seen, projecting into the epidermis which is moulded on them, i, opening of a 

 sweat-gland; h, duct of ditto; g, the gland itself. 



vessels, and 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? 



blood- vessels are found iu it? What ejse? 



