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characterise it. Us undeniable value is 

 enhanced by the frequency (83o/o). with 

 which Î observed it as a result of sy- 

 philis. 



I will now proceed to the protocolls 

 of each of my observations in which 

 the histological confirmation of syphilis 

 in the different organs and more spe- 

 cially the description of lesions of any 

 kind of the adrenals will be found. 



Autopsy no. 1005 



Sex: Male. 



Age: 27 years. 



Nationality: Brazilian. 



Anatomical Diagnosis: Encephalitia 

 syphilitica hemispherii sinistri. Cicatrix 

 penis, Hyperaemia hepatis et partium 

 inferiorum pulmonura. Perisplenitis et 

 atrophia lienis. Vai-iis equinus. 



Histological verification of syphilis: 

 Brain. Adrenals. 



Adrenals: Thickening of the capsule. 



Autopsy n". Í011. 



Sex: Male. 



Age: 53 years. 



Nationality: Portuguese. 



Anatomical Diagnosis: Atrophia et 

 dilalatio ventriculi et auriculae utrius- 

 que. Sclerosis valvulae aorticae. Leish- 

 maniosis nasis. Cicatrix cutis mucosae 

 nasi et penis. Leucoma. Petechiae intes- 

 tini tenuis subraucosae. Nephritis chro- 

 nica. Ankylostomiasis. Aortitis. Syphilis. 



Histological verification of syphilis: 

 Aorta. Skin. Endocardium. Nose. Adre- 

 nals; 



Adrenals: Infiltration of lymphocytes 

 and plasma-cells in the innermost part 

 of cortex. Perivascular infiltration. 

 Thrombosis. 



Autopsy no. 1115. 



Sex: Male. 



Age: 32 years. 



Nationality: Portuguese. 



Anatomical Diagnosis: Mesaortitis 

 luctica. Sclerosis valvulariun aortae. Di- 

 latatio ventriculi utriusque. Hypertrophia 



ventriculi dextri. Haemorrhagiae epicar- 

 dii pleurae et nodorum peribronchialium. 

 Infarctus pulmonis Hydrothorax dexter. 

 Hyperaemia renum et hepatis. Hyperpla- 

 sia nod. hTnph. inteslini tenuis. Taenia. 

 Leptomeningitis chronica luética. Ence- 

 phalomalacia. 



Histological verification of syphilis: 

 Aorta. Endocardium. Lymphatic glands. 

 Brain. Adrenals. 



Adrenals.: Perivascular infiltration of 

 lymphocytes. Adenomata of capsule. Hy- 

 peraemia. Lipoidosis of cortex. 



Autopsy no. 1123. 



Sex: male. 



Age: 64 years. 



Nationality: Portuguese. 



Anatomical Diagnosis: Encephalo- 

 malacia cystica cerebri. Mesaortitis lué- 

 tica. Contraturae musculorum. Cicatri- 

 ces cutaneae. Decubitus. Fibrosis testis 

 dextri. Atrophia cordis. Nephritis chro- 

 nica interstilialis. Hyperaemia et atro- 

 phia hepatis. Hypostasis et oedema pul- 

 monis. Pleuritis et pericarditis chronica 

 adhesiva. Cystitis chronica ulcerativa. 

 Thrombosis sinus meningi.s. 



Histological verification of syphilis: 

 Aorta. Skin. Testicle. Brain. Adrenals. 



Adrenals: Infiltration of lymphocy- 

 tes and plasma-cells, unequally distribu- 

 ted, perivascular, internal layer of cortex. 

 Connective tissue outside capsule. Thi- 

 ckening of capsule. Lipoidosis of capsule. 



Autopsy n<. 1131. 



Sex: Female. 



Age: 30 years. 



Nationality : Brazilian. 



Anatomical Diagnosis . Salpingo- 

 oophoritis purulenta acuta dupla. Peri- 

 metritis chronica. Peritonitis fibrino pit- 

 rulenta. Anaemia. Aortitis luética (gum- 

 ma). Pleuritis adhesiva chronica. Peris- 

 plenitis chronica. Degeneratio acuta he- 

 patis et renum. Cicatrices cruris. Tricho- 

 cephaliasls. 



Histological verification of syphilisz 

 Aorta. Skin. Adranals. ¿ 



