EXPLANATION OF PLATE.* 



Fig. I. Cross-section of a normal muscle. Zeiss' E objective, No. i 

 eyepiece. 



Fig. II. Simple degenerative atrophy of a muscular fiber. Zeiss E, 

 No. I eyepiece. 



Fig. III. Fatty infiltration and degeneration of a muscular fiber. 

 Zeiss E, No. i eyepiece. 



Fig. IV. Destruction of the antero-lateral group of ganglion cells, 

 ventral-cornua gray matter, spinal cord. The ganglion cells to the left 

 (antero-median) are intact, while the antero-lateral have been replaced 

 by cicatricial tissue. Zeiss E, No. i. 



* See author's paper on Muscular Atrophies, Buffalo Medical and Surgical Journal, 

 April, i8gi. 



