Manual of pathological anatomy . ce, , and Eeynoldss System of Medicine, vol. ii. p. 4e2. RED SOFTENING. 265 hemisplieres, and, on section, drops of blood may ooze out from thedivided surface; there is no necessary change in the consistency ofthe spot, though it is frequently somewhat softer than the healthytissue ; as the disease advances the exudation of lymj)h and sup-puration ensue, and the colour and consistency of the affectedpart are modified in proportion. These products are inuch morefrequently the result of chronic and of secondary, than of acute andprimary encephalitis. So m
Manual of pathological anatomy . ce, , and Eeynoldss System of Medicine, vol. ii. p. 4e2. RED SOFTENING. 265 hemisplieres, and, on section, drops of blood may ooze out from thedivided surface; there is no necessary change in the consistency ofthe spot, though it is frequently somewhat softer than the healthytissue ; as the disease advances the exudation of lymj)h and sup-puration ensue, and the colour and consistency of the affectedpart are modified in proportion. These products are inuch morefrequently the result of chronic and of secondary, than of acute andprimary encephalitis. So much so, in fact, that softening, whichis the most common efiPect of inflammatory action, has been treatedby many authors as an idiopathic disease. RED SOFTENING. The condition known as red softening has been a matter of con-siderable dispute among pathologists, some regarding it as a formof inflammation, others as an infarction duq to obstructed circula-tion. The former view has been till lately that generally accepted. Fig. Vessels from the brain of a female a^ed forty, who died hemiplegia, in consequence ofred softening of the right hemisphere. We find in this condition marked congestion, giving to the affectedpart a reddish hue; and in the softened tissues the microscopewill show, besides broken-down nerve matter, a large numberof glomeruli, or granule-cells. The vessels are also often foundto be surrounded by collections of fatty granules, either uni-formly distributed (Fig. 67), or else in isolated masses. Thiscondition must be distinguished from fatty degeneration of the wallsof the vessels. The absence of pus-cells would not be an absolute 266 EED SOFTENING. proof tliat inflammation had not occurred; for tliey are not alwayspresent * in undeniable abscesses, where molecular granules andpyoid bodies may be the sole objects detected by the are further borne out in this view by Dr. Bright, t whoexpressly states that we can hardh restrict the term abscess
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