. Elements of pathological anatomy. Anatomy. SECT. I] POLYPES. 443 cellular tissue, the fibrous element being either entirely want- ing, or existing only in a very limited degree. This species is extremely rare, and seldom attains a large size ; it is of a red, florid color, of a soft spongy consistence, sensitive on pressure, erectile, and exceedingly prone to hemorrhage. In respect to shape, it presents the same diversities as the other species. The gelatino'id polype holds a sort of intermediate rank between the other two, being softer than the fibrous and harder than the vascular. This spe
. Elements of pathological anatomy. Anatomy. SECT. I] POLYPES. 443 cellular tissue, the fibrous element being either entirely want- ing, or existing only in a very limited degree. This species is extremely rare, and seldom attains a large size ; it is of a red, florid color, of a soft spongy consistence, sensitive on pressure, erectile, and exceedingly prone to hemorrhage. In respect to shape, it presents the same diversities as the other species. The gelatino'id polype holds a sort of intermediate rank between the other two, being softer than the fibrous and harder than the vascular. This species is readily distinguished by the following characters : It is semi-transparent, of a pe- culiar grayish complexion, compressible, glistening on the surface, and attached by a delicate pedicle, which renders it pendulous. If it be carefully examined, after it is removed from the body, it will be found to exhibit a shreddy, tremu- lous structure, interspersed with a few vessels, which are generally too small to emit much blood. The gelatinoid polype is sometimes quite large, but on the whole may be considered as infrequent. It seems to be much under the in- fluence of atmospheric pressure, increasing in size when the weather is moist, and diminishing when it is dry. Such are the distinc- tive characters of the three species of uterine polypes now described. To these it will be ne- cessary to add a few re- marks respecting certain features which they pos- sess in common with each other. Uterine polypes (Figs. 85, 86) are found of all sizes, from that of a bean up to that of a gourd. Their weight, in some cases, is immense. Du- puytren mentions that he saw one which weighed twenty-five pounds; and another, described by Dr. De Clanby, weighed thirty-nine pounds, and Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the
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