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THE MICROSCOPIST. 



This is a new formation, depending on constitutional 

 syphilis. Its essential elements resemble leucocytes im- 

 bedded in connective tissue which is poor in vessels. 

 It exhibits many transitional forms to granulation tissue 



FIG. 228. 



Large-celled spindle-celled sarcoma. After VIRCHOW. 



and sarcomata. Atrophy or fatty metamorphosis of the 

 cells may produce cavities or caverns and cicatricial marks 

 on the surface, leading to deformities (Fig, 230). 



