ACUTE LYMPHADENITIS. 



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masses of cells ought certainly to be regarded as centres of 

 proliferation, although this does not admit of being directly 

 proved. Whether the above-described transformation of the 

 corpuscular elements of the retiform tissue of the lymph-path 



Fig. 75. 



Part of a section through the cervical gland of a dog swollen 

 to the size of a hazel-nut in consequence of inflammation 

 of the lips, artificially excited. -5^. After Billroth. Show- 

 ing the septum of connective tissue, the sinus terminalis 

 and the marginal row of lymphatic nodules (Lymph- 

 kolben). 



into giant-cells admits of a like interpretation, must remain 

 doubtful ; the earlier stages of cell-proliferation, namely fission 

 of the nuclei and increase in the amount of protoplasm are indis- 

 putably present. 



