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^' On the Behaviour of the Fixed Elements of the Connective 

 Tissue of the Tongue in Inflammation.'''' By George F. 

 DoWDESWELL^ B.A. Cantab. Communicated by J. Burdon 

 Sanderson_, F.E.S., Professor of Physiology in University 

 College. Received June 14, 1876*. 



[Plate 8.] 



The connective tissue of the tongue of Batrachians was first studied, 

 with reference to the changes which it undergoes in inflammation, by 

 Prof. Cohnheim in 1869 f. The animal employed by him was the ordi- 

 nary edible frog {Rana esculenta). His mode of preparation was as 

 follows : — A plate of glass about 3" by 5" was first prepared, having a 

 smaller oblong plate, measuring 1" by 0"*7, cemented to it with Canada 

 balsam at one end. This was surrounded by a cork ring border of the 

 same thickness. On this plate the body of the frog (previously cura- 

 rized) was placed, resting on its back, in such a position that the 

 tongue could be readily extended over the oblong plate with the aid of 



^ Eeacl June 15, 1876. See ante, p. 272. 



t Cohnlieim, "Ueber das Verhalten der fixen Bindegewebskorperchen bei der Ent- 

 zundung," Virchow's ' Archiv,' vol. xlv. p. 333. 



