On the origin, structure, and mode of development of the cystic tumours of the ovary / by Wilson Fox, M.D.

  • Fox, Wilson, 1831-1887.
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[1864]
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Credit: On the origin, structure, and mode of development of the cystic tumours of the ovary / by Wilson Fox, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    a polygonal or rounded form, but more commonly this is retained only by the deeper strata, while the superficial ones assume a columnar shape, thus repeating a condition similar to that seen in the raucous membranes of other portions of the genito-urinary tracts. {Vide fig. 3, a.) At a is seen au isolated cell from the same object with two nuclei. On making vertical sections with a Valentins knife through the epithelium into the layers of connective tissue beneath, the nuclei of the inner portions of this latter structure are seen gradually to enlarge and to become rounder as the epithelial surface is approached. The cell- walls corresponding to these nuclei in the connective tissue cannot be clearly made out, but at the line where the cells of the epithelium can be distinctly traced and immediately below this, there seems every form of transition between the nuclei or cells of the connective tissue and those of the epi- thelium, thus giving rise strongly to the impression that the cells of the connective tissue pass by insensible gradations into those of the epithelial structures in a manner probably similar to what Dr. Lionel Beale has described in the structures of the corium and submucous tissue of the papillae of the tongue.^ I have never seen anything like a membrana limitans by any methods of research which I have employed between the epithelium and the stroma of these cysts. (Fig. 2, a', represents the appearance here described.) According to the character of its epithelial lining, the inner surface of the cyst has a glistening or velvety appearance. The latter character increases in direct ratio to the amount of stratification of its epithelium. When the wall has lost this covering, but without undergoing further changes, it ' ' The Structure of the Simple Tissues,' 64, 65, 109. It would be beyond the scope and foreign, to the purpose of this paper to enter into minute histological details. I therefore think it best to confine myself to the terms already in use in the description of minute structures, only pointing out in a cursory manner such facts as I have clearly observed, though I abstain purposely from entering into a full discussion of their bearings on minute anatomy.