TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



PART II. 



HISTOLOGY. 



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Definitions subdivisions, etc. ''. ' ''' ". V *, 105 



FIRST DIVISION. 



THE SIMPLE HISTOLOGICAL ELEMENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



HOMOGENEOUS SUBSTANCE. 



Description Two forms Origin Functions Distribution Its pathological 



states . . . ... j MUM *- fl**.o . . 107 



CHAPTER II. 



SIMPLE MEMBRANE. 



Two forms Properties Distribution Basement-membrane ; its uses . 109 

 CHAPTER III. 



SIMPLE FIBRE. 



Description Distribution Uses . . . . . .112 



CHAPTER IV. 



CYTOLOGY. 



Elements of the cell. 1. The cell-wall; 2. The contained fluid; 3. The 

 granules ; 4. The nucleus. How affected by acetic acid Free nuclei 

 Pathological developments of nuclei. 1. Tubercle, its chemical analy- 

 sis ; 2. The glomerulus, or exudation-corpuscle. 5. The nucleolus ; not 

 necessarily developed from fibrine, the latter not being the only plastic 

 element of the blood . . . . . . . 114 



Cytogeny, or development of cells. I. Free cell-development ; described. 

 II. From pre-existing cells. A. Endogenous cell-development. B. De- 

 velopment of cells by division Physiology of cells: 1. Their growth; 



2. The nature of the contents of cells ; 3. Functions of cells absorp- 

 tion, secretion, and contraction ...... 120 



Pathological changes in cells. 1. Fatty degeneration ; 2. Pigmentary do. ; 



3. Dropsy ; 4. Crystalline deposits ; 5. Atrophy . . .129 

 The primordial cells. Schwann's discovery ..... 130 



ISOLATED CELLS. I. Pigment cells. Their structure Distribution in the Ne- 

 gro, and the Albino Freckles Peculiar forms of pigment cells, in the 



