FECES 



of disturbed digestion. Clean slides and cover-glasses are then prepared 

 and a small representative portion of the movement is placed on each of three 

 slides. The routine clinical method of examination follows : To the first slide 

 is added a drop of distilled water and it is then examined with low and high 

 powers. , . 



FIG. 70. A, intact undigested meat 

 fibers; J5, partially digested meat fibers; 

 C, almost completely digested meat 

 fibers. 



FIG. 71. A, neutral fat; B, fatty acid 

 liberated by acetic acid; C, soaps; D, fatty 

 acid crystals. 



FIG. 72. A, elastic tissue; B, white FIG. 73. A, cellulose remains of vege- 



fibrous tissue (macroscopic); C, white tables; B, empty potato cells; C, potato 

 fibrous tissue (microscopic.) cells filled with starch, and stained with 



iodine; D, hard cells found in pears; E, spiral 

 and woody fibers from pith of vegetables; 

 F, vegetable hairs. 

 FIGS. 70 TO 73. MICROSCOPICAL CONSTITUENTS OF FECES. 



Meat fibers are readily recognized by their yellowish hyaline . ap- 

 pearance possibly with a few striae still visible in the. fibers. Should 

 meat fibers be found bound together by connective tissue or raw 

 connective tissue, either white fibrous or yellow elastic, be noted, it 



