Clinical lectures on the principles and practice of medicine . bling the fibro-cartilage of the intervertebral substance. In this state itmay frequently be observed on the pleurae, and I have seen it thus halfan inch thick, intimately uniting the lungs to the ribs. When it hasbeen very slowly developed, it produces white indurated patches, of aglistening cartilaginous appearance, varying in extent, the surface of which has assumed the character ofa serous membrane, and in no wayinterferes with the movements ofneighboring organs. Such patchesare exceedingly common on the sur-face of parenchymat
Clinical lectures on the principles and practice of medicine . bling the fibro-cartilage of the intervertebral substance. In this state itmay frequently be observed on the pleurae, and I have seen it thus halfan inch thick, intimately uniting the lungs to the ribs. When it hasbeen very slowly developed, it produces white indurated patches, of aglistening cartilaginous appearance, varying in extent, the surface of which has assumed the character ofa serous membrane, and in no wayinterferes with the movements ofneighboring organs. Such patchesare exceedingly common on the sur-face of parenchymatous organs, asthe lungs, heart, liver, spleen, andkidneys. Occasionally encysted ab-scesses of the pleura are resolved,and their walls contracting assumea cartilaginous hardness. Dr. Mark-ham has recorded a remarkable ex-ample where the pyogenic walls inthis manner formed a tube sur-rounded by puckering of the pleurapulmonalis, the lung itself beingquite healthy.* (Fig. 450). Thehardish gritty particles scrapedfrom its roughened inner surfaceconsisted chiefl
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