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INTRODUCTION - 1
SECTION I.
On the Structure and Growth of the Chorda Dorsalis and Cartilage - 10
- Chorda dorsalis - ib.
- Cartilage - 15
SECTION II.
On Cells as the Basis of all Tissues of the Animal Body - 36
- First division. On the ovum and germinal membrane - 40
- Second division. Permanent tissues of the animal body - 64
CLASS I. Isolated, independent cells. - 67
- Lymph-corpuscles - ib.
- Blood-corpuscles - ib.
- Mucus-corpuscles - 70
- Pus-corpuscles - 71
CLASS II. Independent cells united into continuous tissues - 73
- Epithelium - ib.
- The pigmentum nigrum - 77
- Nails - 80
- Hoofs - 81
- Feathers - 82
- The crystalline lens - 87
CLASS III. Tissues, in which the cell-walls have coalesced with each other, or with the intercellular substance - 96
- Cartilage and bone -97
- The teeth - ib.
CLASS IV. Fibre-cells, or tissues, which originate from cells that become elongated into bundles of fibres - 110
- Areolar tissue - ib.
- Fibrous tissue - 123
- Elastic tissue - 124