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directly be influenced by it. Should this be the case, it is not 
pretentious to predict that the more we become acquainted with 
the actual changes that occur in starvation, the more we shall 
have to correct our views regarding the morbid anatomy and 
the clinical manifestations of certain diseases. We have to draw 
a dividing line in describing the clinical and pathological mani- 
festations by establishing those that are the result of starvation 
and those that are the effect of the disease itself, just as we have 
to distinguish the ante-mortem changes produced by disease 
from those that are the result of post-mortem changes, 
The final solution of the problem lies in the domain of chem- 
ical pathology, which still is sadly neglected. There is hope, 
however, that this branch of medical science will become one 
of our greatest assets. 
