252 THE SOLIDS. 



very actively administer to secretion might be inferred from 

 the transparency of the fully developed cells, the faintness 

 of the nuclei, and the paucity of the granules contained 

 within them. 



Epidermic cells are also capable of absorption, a fact which 

 their change of colour after long immersion in water 

 testifies. 



By far the best description of the anatomy of the epidermis 

 which has fallen under my notice is that contained in the ad- 

 mirable chapter on the Anatomy and Physiology of the Skin 

 attached to the second edition of Mr. Wilson's work on the 

 Diseases of the Skin. 



