Elements of pathological anatomy . HEMORRHOIDS. 625 consistence, similar to indurated cellular tissue. This appearance is wellexhibited in the accompanying cut. (Fig. 154.) This variety of hemorrhoidal tumor differs remarkably from the one nextto be described in that it never bleeds, and in being of a lighter color. It ismost frequent after the age of twenty-five or thirty; but in a few instancesI have met with it in very young children, without any assignable is exceedingly common in females, during the latter months of utero-gesta-tion. The second form of hemorrhoidal tumor is produ
Elements of pathological anatomy . HEMORRHOIDS. 625 consistence, similar to indurated cellular tissue. This appearance is wellexhibited in the accompanying cut. (Fig. 154.) This variety of hemorrhoidal tumor differs remarkably from the one nextto be described in that it never bleeds, and in being of a lighter color. It ismost frequent after the age of twenty-five or thirty; but in a few instancesI have met with it in very young children, without any assignable is exceedingly common in females, during the latter months of utero-gesta-tion. The second form of hemorrhoidal tumor is produced by the dilatation of thecapillary vessels of the mucous membrane, justabove the internal sphincter muscle. (Fig. 155.) Fl&- 165- The disease is generally slow in its progress, andoften exists for a considerable period before it isdetected. Certain occupations predispose to itsoccurrence, and it seems to be more frequent in themale than in the female. It seldom appears be-fore the twenty-fifth year, and is most common after
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