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also been described in the trophoblast of the rabbit by 

 Beneden, and in the uterine mucosa by Schmidt/ who stated 



Fig. 93. — First stage of cellular secretion in the placenta of the cow. 

 Invagination of glandular epithelium and some of the underlying con- 

 nective tissue. (From Kolster, " Die Embryotrophe placentarer Sauger," 

 Annt. Hefle, vols, xviii, and xix., 1902-3.) 



that they were composed of calcium oxalate. In Ruminants 

 they are found in enormous numbers, but whether they form 



' Quoted by Bonnet, " Ueber Embryotrophe," AfwjicA. med. Woch., 1899. 



