Excerpt from The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology, 1902, Vol. 36 IN studying the literature dealing with the development of fat, it very soon becomes Obvious that opinions in the past were very much divided, and two important views were held. On the one side there were Observers who insisted on the belief that fat cells were developed from special cells set aside for the purpose of developing and storing fat on the other, that fat cells were not specific structures, but that fat was stored up in cells which were everywhere widespread, and were constituents Of connective tissue. 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.