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which the cysts are developed : the latter may, of course, 

 also have been formed by fusion, or coalescence of parts of 

 the ovarian lamellae. The solid parts are the locus" of a 

 process of fibrosis, and the black, irregular objects in some 

 of the cysts are sections of inclusions. As a rule the 

 cyst walls are thin, and the massive tissue occupies the 

 angular spaces between cysts. 



Fig. 2 of Plate V represents two of- the inclusions, 

 very nearly natural size. They are very irregular in 

 size and shape; yellowish in colour; very hard, so that 



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Fig. 6. Transverse Hand Section of the abnormal ovary of a Ling ; half 

 natural size. 



they spoil the edge of a razor when it is attempted to cut 

 a hand section. They are evidently calcified to some 

 extent, for they become softer after immersion for a day 

 in decalcifying fluid. Then hand sections may be made, 

 but the study of such, after staining lightly with borax- 

 carmine, gives very little information. They are 

 structureless, in the sense that there are no organised cell- 

 groupings or layers, nor any fibrous tissue. They are 



