< Page:Popular Science Monthly Volume 71.djvu
This page has been proofread, but needs to be validated.

AGE, GROWTH AND DEATH

213

of the rabbit, like the embryonic growth of the chick, proceeds with a speed which is never paralleled by the growth during later stages.

Fig. 37. Fourteen Stages of the Developing Rabbit, after Minot's and Taylor's "Normal Plates." All the figures are magnified four diameters. Nos. 2 to 5 are irregular as to age, but show successive stages of development. The early development is extremely variable and the observations do not yet suffice to determine the average typical condition for each day under nine.
No. 1. Embryo of 7 12 days. No. 8. Embryo of 10 12 days.
No. 2. " 8 14 " No. 9. " 11 "
No. 3. " 8 14 " No. 10. " 11 12 "
No. 4. " 8 " No. 11. " 12 12 "
No. 5. " 8 12 " No. 12. " 13 "
No. 6. " 9 12 " No. 13. " 14 "
No. 7. " 10 " No. 14. " 15 "
    This article is issued from Wikisource. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.