“…As quoted by G l ees and INauta 11955|, a reliable sign of degeneration in the light microscope is only drop-like axon disintegration. The cases which Agoston et al [1955], Zf.itz andR o ssler [1962| andLotocki 11969a-c, 1970a, b| denote as hyperargyrophilia or atrophic changes m ay be im perfect im pregnation or its shift in some direction [ Botar, 19631 or developm ent stages |T e i,lo, 1922;H rom ada, 1959, 1960MalinovskY and Sommerova, 1972a, b|. Moreover, the findings of L otocki are not expressed quantitatively [which holds also for the findings of Zeitz and R o ssl e r , 1962], so th at, for exam ple, the occurrence of a greater num ber of clews in one capsule, as described by this author, does not represent absolutely a typical finding only in senile women as results from our previous [MalinovskY anti Som m ero v a, 1973a, h| as well as our present quantitative evaluations. An objective finding of the effect of age and menopause on the con-<1 i I ion of the peripheral nervous apparatus will call for accurate quantitative studies, com plem ented by exam ination hv the electron microscope.…”