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3. Hair of the head of the female, showing the sheath. 



4. A cross section of the hair near the root. 



5. The cells of the inner sheath. 



6. Henle's and Huxley's layers. 



7. A transverse section of the muscle of the thumb, flexor pollicis longus, treated with 

 water. 



8. The cartilage cells of the ear of the small mummy. 



9. Section of the cartilage of the pateUa, with the cells in situ. 



10. Cartilage cells from the rib of the female mummy. 



11. Nerve-fibres of the median nerve in which besides the nerve-substance the axis- 

 cylinder can be also seen. 



12. A few muscular fibres from the sphincter of the eyehd as seen in turpentine, 

 showing the striation and other appearances. 



13. A section of the fatty layer in the great toe of the adult mummy, with the fat-cells 

 in position, 



Czermak speaks of one of tlie former Presidents of the Society, Prof. 

 Qnekett, having shown him a figure of the hair of a mummy in one of 

 the Nos. of the ' Microscopical Journal.' Unfortunately I am unable to 

 speciahse the number. 



It wiU thus be seen that by the aid of the Microscope it has been 

 possible to touch the fringe, and gather up a few threads of " the frayed 

 border of the royal robe " worn long centuries since, but carefully folded 

 up and laid aside as a legacy to the wardrobe of time. 



