. Diseases of the mouth; for physicians, dentists, medical and dental students . PLATE XXXVIII Figure 48.—Tuberculosis of tlie MucousIVIembrane of the Fauces, Soft Palate,and Uvula Figure 48.—Tuberculosis of the MucousiViembrane of tlie Fauces, Soft Palate,and Uvula The entire mucous membrane of the fauces, softpalate, and uvula is much congested, oedematous, andswollen. The surface of the mucous membrane isfinely granular or velvetlike. On the uvula and softpalate there are several small, hollowed-out ulcera-tions with undermined edges. It can be seen thatthese ulcers arise from the confluenc
. Diseases of the mouth; for physicians, dentists, medical and dental students . PLATE XXXVIII Figure 48.—Tuberculosis of tlie MucousIVIembrane of the Fauces, Soft Palate,and Uvula Figure 48.—Tuberculosis of the MucousiViembrane of tlie Fauces, Soft Palate,and Uvula The entire mucous membrane of the fauces, softpalate, and uvula is much congested, oedematous, andswollen. The surface of the mucous membrane isfinely granular or velvetlike. On the uvula and softpalate there are several small, hollowed-out ulcera-tions with undermined edges. It can be seen thatthese ulcers arise from the confluence of numerousmiliary tubercles. The ulcers are covered with yel-lowish-white pus. The process gradually extendsover the normal mucous membrane. Tubercle bacilliwere not found in the pus, but an extirpated por-tion of the mucous membrane, which was rubbed upwith normal saline solution and injected into the peri-toneal cavity of a guinea-pig, produced tuberculosisin the animal. The patient is a weak anfemic child, six years old,and suffers also from a pannus scrophulosus of
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