. The anatomy of the human body. Human anatomy; Anatomy. THE STOMACH. 359 "but which has been erroneously confounded with the gelatiniform softening. This second portion of the mucous membrane, i. e., the part situated to the right of the oesophagus, is thicker, stronger, and whiter, and maybe separated entire from the other coats. Dis- ?eases often observe the Kne of separation between the right and the left portions of the stomach. Modern pathologists having attached great importance to the condition of the gastric mucous membrane, it has become highly interesting to determine its chara
. The anatomy of the human body. Human anatomy; Anatomy. THE STOMACH. 359 "but which has been erroneously confounded with the gelatiniform softening. This second portion of the mucous membrane, i. e., the part situated to the right of the oesophagus, is thicker, stronger, and whiter, and maybe separated entire from the other coats. Dis- ?eases often observe the Kne of separation between the right and the left portions of the stomach. Modern pathologists having attached great importance to the condition of the gastric mucous membrane, it has become highly interesting to determine its characters in the healthy state ; these characters relate to its colour, its consistence, and its thickness. Colour.—It is extremely difficult to determine what is the natural colour of this mucous membrane. The opinion generally maintained by the best authorities, that it is either primarily or secondarily affected in the majority of diseases, compels us to reject all ob- servations made upon persons who have died from acute or chronic diseases, or even from wounds or injuries of long standing. We are, therefore, obliged to have recourse to cases of accidental death in persons previously in health. In such cases, for example, in criminals who are executed while the stomach is empty, the mucous membrane is found of a grayish-white colour, with a slight tint of yellow and pink.* When death has occurred during digestion, the mucous membrane is found to vary from a delicate pink to the most vivid red. After putrefaction has made some little progress, we find a red or port wine colour, or a brownish black tint prevailing over the great extremity of the stomach, and at the free edges of the folds or wrinkles to which the vessels correspond ; again, it is often found marked with blackish patches, or marbled ; but these discolora- tions are the result of post-mortem transudation. In the pultaceous and blackish softening of the mucous membrane, the colour is owing to the action of the aci
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