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of the epithelial cells, as well as of the fibres of the lens, but 

 no satisfactory evidence of this has been given. I have very 

 frequently seen that the first rudiment of the capsule, which is 

 uncommonly delicate, is folded and remote from the surface of 

 the lens, which is very difficult to connect with the idea of its 

 origin by excretion. In preparations made by SernofF, who 

 has long been occupied with this question, I have had the 

 opportunity of seeing (in the embryoes of Fowls) that the 

 capsule of the lens contains nuclei, and it would perhaps be 

 more correct to classify it with the metamorphosed connective- 

 tissue formations. The question is obviously not yet settled. 



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