Clinical lectures on the principles and practice of medicine . Fig. 333. cially the arteries, are very commonly the seat of a fatty degeneration,generally called atheroma. It presents the appearance of a whitish oryellowish cheesy, but sometimes indurated and brittle substance, depos-ited between the coats of the vessel, and often protruding on its innersurface. This deposit consists of numerous fatty granules, mingled withcrystals of cholesterine (Gulliver), to which, when hard and brittle, areadded calcareous amorphous salts (Figs. 331 to 333). The smaller vessels and capillaries are f
Clinical lectures on the principles and practice of medicine . Fig. 333. cially the arteries, are very commonly the seat of a fatty degeneration,generally called atheroma. It presents the appearance of a whitish oryellowish cheesy, but sometimes indurated and brittle substance, depos-ited between the coats of the vessel, and often protruding on its innersurface. This deposit consists of numerous fatty granules, mingled withcrystals of cholesterine (Gulliver), to which, when hard and brittle, areadded calcareous amorphous salts (Figs. 331 to 333). The smaller vessels and capillaries are frequently seen to be covered Fig. 330. Enlarged fusiform cells of the pregnant uterus, after delivery, filled withfatty grannies. 250 diam. Fig. 331. Atheroma of a blood-vessel. Natura7 size. Fig. 332. Fatty granules, oil drops and granule cells, with crystals of cholesterinefrom broken down atheroma of an artery. Fig. 333. Transverse section through the coats of the popliteal artery of an agedwoman, who had gangrene of the feet, a, Inner coat; b, longitudinal fib
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