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ft. In females, hence the roundness of their forms. 



Q. Whence the laxity of the cellular texture in old age? 



ft. It arises from the loss of its vital forces, particularly 

 organic contractility. 



Q. Whence the emaciation of age ? 



ft. The cellular texture dries, decays, withers away. 



Q. Where are osseous incrustations in this texture most 

 frequently found ? 



ft. In the texture between the uterus and rectum. 



PATHOLOGY OF THE CELLULAR TISSUE. 



Q. What are the principal diseases of this texture? 



ft. Phlegmon, carbuncle, furuncle, scleremia, ulcers, 

 anasarca, oedema, haemorrhage, morbid fatness, emaciation, 

 emphysema, wens, cysts, steatoma, atheroma, meliceris, 

 and sometimes hydatids. 



Q. To what part of the cellular tissue do you allude 

 when you speak of its diseased state ? 



ft. Principally to that found in the interstices of parts. 



Q. What texture of the body is exclusively subject to 

 swelling? 



ft. The cellular; the swelling of all tissues is owing to 

 the cellular which enters into their composition. 



Q. How are diseases extended from one organ to an- 

 other? 



ft. By means of the cellular, continuous texture. 



Q. What divisions will you make of the diseases of the 

 cellular texture? 



ft. Into idiopathic, symptomatic, and diseases from 



