. The effects of inanition and malnutrition upon growth and structure . Fig. 78.—Photograph of a portion of a section of the spleen of a male albino rat (S. 18), body weight reduced from 196 to 121 g. (loss of 38 per cent) in 8 days on water only. Spleen greatly atrophied (weight £•)• Splenic pulp (P) reduced in amount. M, rudimentary splenic nodule (Malpighian corpuscle). Capsule (C) and trabeculae (T) appear relatively hypertrophied. There is a somewhat diffuse pigmentation, which is not evident in the photograph. Zenker fixation; hematoxylin-eosin stain. X90.

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