170 EXPLANATION OF THE TABLES.
T A B L E XL.
J N this table, the appearance of a peipendiculat feftion of
the papillae of the ftin of the finger after the cutícula was
detached by putrefañion, is reprefented magnified to 146
diameters.
Fio. 1.
A Reprefents the fc£lion of the papilla which, I have found, is fubdivided
by inegulai" partitions. •
At B, on which the light of the fun is thrown by reflexion, the whole
papiilii and fubjacent part of the Ikin feem to be compofed of Terpentine
fibres.
F I G . IL
A Reprefents cxa£lly the appearancc of the external furface of one of the
cutaneous papillae.
At B, on which the light of the fun is thrown by reflexion, the furface
feems to be covered with a web of ferpentine fibres.
T A B L E
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