Clinical lectures on the principles and practice of medicine . ich large oil dropsexude. To the naked eye, the muscular substance becomes paler, andmore fawn-colored, and at length yellow, and its normal density is greatlydiminished. These changes are easily observed in the heart, in whichorgan they have been made the subject of special research by Ormerod,Paget, Quain, and others. The histological and clinical researches ofDr. R. Quain* on this subject are of the greatest importance. All the voluntary muscles, however, are susceptible of undergoing asimilar lesion, and it not unfrequently occ
Clinical lectures on the principles and practice of medicine . ich large oil dropsexude. To the naked eye, the muscular substance becomes paler, andmore fawn-colored, and at length yellow, and its normal density is greatlydiminished. These changes are easily observed in the heart, in whichorgan they have been made the subject of special research by Ormerod,Paget, Quain, and others. The histological and clinical researches ofDr. R. Quain* on this subject are of the greatest importance. All the voluntary muscles, however, are susceptible of undergoing asimilar lesion, and it not unfrequently occurs iD those of the lower ex-tremity after long continued paralysis, disease of the hip-joint, or otherlesions which necessitate immobility of the parts. In this case, andoccasionally in the heart itself, in addition to the transformation of themuscular fasciculi above described, adipose tissue accumulates betweenthem, and by compressing their substance adds to the rapidity and com-pleteness of the transformation. In such cases the muscles are of a pale i J-.
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