176 STRUCTURE OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM, BY MAX SCHULTZE. 



a subject of dispute, as is evident from the conflicting state- 

 ments of J. Arnold,* Courvoisier,f Kolliker,J and others. The 

 existence of multipolar cells in the large ganglia of the sym- 

 pathetic, though contested by many, is certain, as I have myself 

 found such cells both in children and in adults (fig. 27). Un- 



Fig. 27. 



Fig. 27. Nerve cells ft om a lumbar sympathetic ganglion of an adult 

 Man. a, without a sheath ; b, with a sheath. The cell substance con- 

 tains pigment of a vivid yellow tint, and is consequently darkly 

 granular. 



fortunately, on account of the surrounding fibrous connective 

 tissue, it is impossible to isolate the processes for any consider- 

 able portion of their length. 



The processes in connection with the ganglion cells of the 

 spinal cord which furnish axis cylinders to the spinal nerves, 

 those in the anterior horns of the grey matter proceeding to 

 the motor, and those in the posterior horns to the sensory 

 nerves, are much more accurately known. The researches of 

 Deiters in particular have demonstrated that from every gan- 



* V rchow's Archiv, Bande xxviii. and xxxii. 



f Archiv fur Mikroskopische Anatomie, Band ii., p. 13, and Band iii. 



J Handbuch der Gewebelehre, 5. Auflage, p. 254. 



