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EPIDERMOID SYSTEM. 



Q. Why is the epidermoid texture considered sepa- 

 rately from the dermoid ? 



/?. Because its organization, properties, functions, and 

 growth, differ from those of the dermoid. 



Q. What belongs to the epidermoid tissue? 



/?. The external epidermis, the mucous epidermis, and 

 the nails. 



Of the External Epidermis. 



Q. What passes from the dermis through the epider- 

 mis? 



/?. The exhalents and hairs. The absorbents pass from 

 without inward. 



Q. What causes destroy the adhesion of the cuticle to 

 the cutis? 



Ji. Inflammation of the skin, cutaneous eruptions, idio- 

 pathic fevers, diseases of the viscera, and violent rubefa- 

 cients. 



Q. How do these causes act? 



t#. By an alteration of the vital forces of the parts, per- 

 haps of the dermis. 



Q. What is the organization of the epidermis? 



%/?. It is a single layer over the whole body, except on 

 the palms of the hands and bottoms of the feet; no fluid 

 penetrates it; it has neither nerves nor cellular texture 5 





