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THE SALIVARY GLANDS, BY E. F. W. PFLUGER. 



salivary glands of the ox and rabbit (submaxillary and 

 parotid glands) (figs. 87 and 88). 



Fig. 86. 



Fig. 86. Termination of a branching fine medullated fibre in the 

 salivary cells of an alveolus. From the submaxillary gland of the Ox, 

 the nerve blackened by perosmic acid. Magnified 490 diameters. 



In completely isolated preparations (Figs. 86 and 88, A B) it 

 may be observed that the white substance of Schwann ceases 



. Fig. 87. 



Fig. 87. Termination of a medullated bre of average thickness in 

 the large salivary cells of an alveolus. From the submaxillary gland 

 of the Ox. The nerve has been blackened by perosmic acid. 

 Magnified 500 diameters. 



as though suddenly cut off at a short distance from the salivary 

 cells, and that the nerve appears as if adherent to the soft 

 protoplasm of the epithelial cell. 



