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ment layer, is a single layer of hexagonal nucleated 

 cells, the inner, surf ace of which is loaded with pigment 



Fig. B8. 

 Section of Normal Eetina X 350.— Eye removed for Sarcoma, Retina de- 

 tached but almost normal. — 1 , Vitreous ; 2, hypertropMed cells of vitre- 

 . ous ; 3, membrana limitans interna ; 4, fibers of Miiller (tbey are slightly 

 hypertrophied)— they are part of the connective tissue frame work ; 5, 

 layer of optic nerve fibers, nuclei more numerous than usual ; 6, layer 

 of ganglion cells, some of them having undergone colloid degeneration ; 

 7, internal molecular or reticular layer ; 8, layer of inner granules ; 9, 

 external molecular reticular layer— in this as in the internal molecular , 

 layer the fibers of Miiller are abnormally distinct ; 10, layer of outer 

 granules ; 11 and 12, layers of rods and cones, in which a distinction is 

 made between the body of each element, 11, and the process 12, which 

 is its continuation ; 13^ layer of epithelial pigment in polygonal cells. — 

 {Noyes). 



granules. The fibers of Miiller form the connective 



