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PARIS. Academy of Sciences, September 12.—M. Mascart in the chair.—On the comparative morphography of the cartilaginous cell: Joannes Chatin. The author disputes the generally accepted view that the normal shape of the cartilage cell is ovoid or spheroidal in the higher vertebrates, and shows that in cartilage from the badger there are undoubted examples of the stelliform type of cell.—The influence of grafting on the composition of the grape: G. Curtel. Clear evidence of differences in physical and chemical composition between grafted and non-grafted grapes has been obtained, and the facts observed explain the more rapid ageing of wines from grafted vines, and also their greater sensitiveness to pathogenic ferments.—Simple traumatic dislocation of the atlas on the axis on a skeleton found in a megalith of Vendée: Marcel Baudouin.—Observations on the preceding note: M. Lannclongue. The author regards the effects noted as probably due to post mortem changes.
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SOCIETIES AND ACADEMIES . Nature 70, 524 (1904). https://doi.org/10.1038/070524a0
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