Excerpt from The Popular Science News and Boston Journal of Chemistry, Vol. 24: Devoted to Science of Home-Life, the Arts, Agriculture, and Medicine; January December, 1890 Dr. Phelps replied that the blood-clot itself was not supposed to organize, but that it acted as a framework for the growth of the cell-tissue which took place in it, constituting the normal elements in that particular locality. As the new tissue formed, the blood-clot became absorbed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.