Manual of pathological anatomy . Specimens of fatty degeneration of the heart. A, Heart fibres taken from the columnae carneae of the mitral valves of a young-woman aged thirty; the fatty degeneration was scarcely observable in the ventricle,where the fibres still retained their striae, b, An extreme oase of fatty degeneration,showing an entire conversion of the muscular fibre into oil molecules, still retaining« linear arrangement; it is taken from the right ventricle of an old gentleman,who had Brights disease of the kidnev and pulmonary phthisis, and was affectedwith fits during the last tw
Manual of pathological anatomy . Specimens of fatty degeneration of the heart. A, Heart fibres taken from the columnae carneae of the mitral valves of a young-woman aged thirty; the fatty degeneration was scarcely observable in the ventricle,where the fibres still retained their striae, b, An extreme oase of fatty degeneration,showing an entire conversion of the muscular fibre into oil molecules, still retaining« linear arrangement; it is taken from the right ventricle of an old gentleman,who had Brights disease of the kidnev and pulmonary phthisis, and was affectedwith fits during the last two years of his life. pale, yellowish, buff colour, either throughout or limited to indi-vidual parts. When cut into, a greasy stain is often left on theknife, though the absence of this circumstance must not be looked 330 DEGENERATIONS OF THE SUBSTANCE OF THE HEART. upon as an indication that the heart is not degenerated. The leftventricle and the columnse carnese are most liable to be thusdiseased, next in order the right vent
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