Manual of pathological anatomy . hold-ing it up to the light, when Fig. dark central portionswill be seen to be compara-tively transparent, whilethe peripheral portions areopaque from the abundanceof fatty cells. When the venous con-gestion becomes more gene-ral, occupying every part ofthe liver, the organ pre-sents a deep red colourthroughout, though, evenin this case, the centres ofthe lobules present thedarkest tint; it is also en-larged often to a greatlyincreased size, and becomesmore firm and prominent,so as to be readily per-ceptible to the touch, belowthe margin of the ribs, on
Manual of pathological anatomy . hold-ing it up to the light, when Fig. dark central portionswill be seen to be compara-tively transparent, whilethe peripheral portions areopaque from the abundanceof fatty cells. When the venous con-gestion becomes more gene-ral, occupying every part ofthe liver, the organ pre-sents a deep red colourthroughout, though, evenin this case, the centres ofthe lobules present thedarkest tint; it is also en-larged often to a greatlyincreased size, and becomesmore firm and prominent,so as to be readily per-ceptible to the touch, belowthe margin of the ribs, onthe right side. The resultof injecting a liver which isnearly drained of its blood,as one taken from aslaughtered sheep, is veryinstructive as to the amountof enlargement that maybe produced by congestion. The organ swells up as the fluid isthrown in, and when fully injected is of nearly double its formersize, greatly more dense and solid, with its thin anterior marginprominent and hard. Sappey found on weighing livers with the.
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