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Eschricht, Uber die Richtung der Haare am menschlichen Korper, Muller's 'Archiv fur Anat. I shall often have to refer to this very curious paper.) There can be little doubt that the hairs thus scattered over the body are the rudiments of the uniform hairy coat of the lower animals.

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