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Plate 10. Drawings of various types of cells found in normal human vaginal smears.

All cells are equally magnified and stained by the same method, as described in this paper. Compens. oc. 6, imm. oil obj. 2 mm.

• 61 to 68 Cells from human vaginal smears at different stagesrof the normal menstrual cycle.
• 69 to 79 Characteristic types of cells found in human vaginal smears during pregnancy.
• 80 Normal mononuclears during menstruation.
• 81 Large mononuclears found in post—partum.
• 82 to 84 Cliaraeteristic types of cells found in postpartum.

Abbreviations: Oc. = Ocular. Obj. = Objective. B. = Bellows.

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Reference

Papanicolaou GN. The sexual cycle in the human female as revealed by vaginal smears. (1933) Amer. J Anat. 52: 519–637.

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