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ORGANISATION AFTER SUPPURATION. 



separation of the epithelium from the connective tissue is com- 

 plete, at/ the boundary -line Is blurred, but even at^ we are still 

 able, by the closer arrangement of the outermost cells to recog- 

 nise the future epitliellum, althougli no dlflferentiation of the 



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Vertical section through the edge of a granulating surface in 

 process of reiDair. a. Secretion of pus ; h. Granulation tis- 

 sue (embryonic tissue) with capillary loops whose walls 

 consist of a layer of cells longitudinally disposed ; their 

 thickness decreases as we approach the surface ; c. Cicatri- 

 sation beginning at the base (spindle-cell tissue) ; d. Cica- 

 tricial tissue ; c. Fully-formed cuticle — its middle layer 

 consisting of grooved cells ; /. Young epithelial cells ; g. 

 Zone of differentiation, -v^. 



elements, as regards their size, the character of their nuclei, &c., 

 has yet set in. We come next to the suppurating surface ; it 

 would seem as though the first foundations of the epithelium 



