The Principles of Leather Manufacture

CHAPTER VII.

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_STRUCTURE AND GROWTH OF SKIN._

Similarity of Mammalian skins -- Development of skin -- Structure of calf-skin -- The epidermis -- The structure of hair -- The sebaceous glands -- The development of hair -- The hair-sheath -- The hair-muscle -- The hyaline layer -- The corium -- Connective tissue -- Fat cells -- Striped muscle -- Elastic fibres -- The unhairing process -- The sweating process PAGE 46