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POST-MORTEM EXAMINATIONS 



Tissue changes: 



1. Local i. e., produced in the neighbourhood of the bacteria. 

 Position: (a) At primary lesion. 



(b) At secondary foci. 

 Character: (a) Vascular changes and tissue 1 Acute 



reactions. j- or 



(b) Degeneration and necrosis. J chronic. 



2. General (i. e., produced at a distance from the bacteria, by 



absorption of toxins) : 



FIG. 201. Back of post-mortem card. 



(a) In special tissues e. g., nerve cells and fibres, secreting 



cells, vessel walls, etc. 



(b) General effects of malnutrition, etc. 

 Symptoms : 



(a) Associated with known tissue changes. 



(b) Without known tissue changes. 



Permanent Preparations Museum Specimens. 



I. Tissues. The naked-eye appearances of morbid 

 tissues may be preserved by the following method : 



i. Remove the tissue or organ from the cadaver as 

 soon after death as possible, using great care to avoid 

 distortion or injury. 



