Manual of pathological anatomy . remark, that this attenuation mayoccur as a pure atrophy totally independent of inflammation. Minute Changes in the Stomach,—We have examined carefulljUith the microscope more than a hundred stomachs taken in-differently, and have published in the Assoc. Journal for and Jan. 27th, 1854, the details of the following varietiesof change:—(1) One of the commonest, especially in its minordegrees, consists in the infiltration of a low fibroid tissue loadedwith nuclei or small cells among the tubes, which themselvesundergo atrophy, so that at last the mucous m
Manual of pathological anatomy . remark, that this attenuation mayoccur as a pure atrophy totally independent of inflammation. Minute Changes in the Stomach,—We have examined carefulljUith the microscope more than a hundred stomachs taken in-differently, and have published in the Assoc. Journal for and Jan. 27th, 1854, the details of the following varietiesof change:—(1) One of the commonest, especially in its minordegrees, consists in the infiltration of a low fibroid tissue loadedwith nuclei or small cells among the tubes, which themselvesundergo atrophy, so that at last the mucous membrane totallyloses its tubular aspect, and becomes a mere fibroid stratum,more or lese densely set with nuclei throughout. In this statethe basement membrane may still persist, and the thickness: of INFLAMMATION OF THE STOMACH. 563 the tissue be little diminislied. In some instances the nucleidisappear, and the fibroid stratum develops fibres more de-cidedly. (2) There are formed masses of nuclei, or small cells, Fig. Vertical section of mucous membrane of stomach, showing* the lower parts of thetubes, and a nuclear mass extending among them upwards. a. Tubes, h. Nuclear infiltration, c, Submucous tissue. most often at the bases of the tubes encroaching upon them, oftenalso in the substance of the mucous membrane, and ^i^- i^o. sometimes at its surface :—these are sometimes cir-cumscribed, sometimes diffused, and then pass intothe preceding forms bygradual shades. (3) Thenuclear deposits sometimesseem to give rise to cysticcavities, or these may formfrom dilatations of thetubes, or arise, de novo, asin other situations. (4)The mammillated conditionappears to depend on aprocess of local atrophy,at least in most cases, thetubes being wasted in thetrack of the furrows, whichsometimes are so deep as to fissure the membrane down to its
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