The effects of inanition and The effects of inanition and malnutrition upon growth and structure effectsofinaniti00jack Year: 1925 Fig. 63.—Nerve cells from the ventral horn of the spinal cord in fowls (Giemsa blood stain). The nucleus, n, is indicated in each, a, cell from normal animal, showing Nissl bodies; b, c, cells from fowl with polyneuritis (beriberi) after 24 days on polished rice diet. The nucleus has degenerated; the Nissl bodies have disintegrated, and the stainable substance is collected in irregular masses at one side of the cell. (Vedder and Clark '12.) Fig. 64.—A portion of


The effects of inanition and The effects of inanition and malnutrition upon growth and structure effectsofinaniti00jack Year: 1925 Fig. 63.—Nerve cells from the ventral horn of the spinal cord in fowls (Giemsa blood stain). The nucleus, n, is indicated in each, a, cell from normal animal, showing Nissl bodies; b, c, cells from fowl with polyneuritis (beriberi) after 24 days on polished rice diet. The nucleus has degenerated; the Nissl bodies have disintegrated, and the stainable substance is collected in irregular masses at one side of the cell. (Vedder and Clark '12.) Fig. 64.—A portion of a cross section of the ventromarginal column of the spinal cord in a fowl with polyneuritis (beriberi) on a polished rice diet. Stained with hematoxylin and acid fuchsin. /, /, nerve fibers in advanced stages of degeneration. (Vedder and Clark '12.) Fig. 65.—Sciatic nerve fiber (teased preparation) from fowl with polyneuritis (beriberi) on polished rice diet. Shows advanced degeneration, with disintegration of the axone, a. Hema- toxylin and acid fuchsin stain. (Vedder and Clark '12.) anterior horn cells and nuclei appear shrunken and degenerated; the Nissl granules indistinct and the cytoplasm homogeneous. They considered the condi-


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