THE PANCREAS AS AN ENDOCRIN GLAND 



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marked involvement. (See Figs. 7-9.) In some cases, the hyaline fibrosis 

 of the islands appeared to be as marked as in diabetic cases ; and numerical 



Fig. 1. Chronic syphilitic pancreatitis with diabetes. Spirochaeta pallida was 

 found in small colonies in the active areas of inflammation. Patient had no history of 

 syphilis, no recognizable clinical signs and negative Wassermann. 



estimations showed an apparent diminution in their number. The u hy- 

 dropic degeneration" of Weichselbaum and Allen occurs in both diabetic 

 and non-diabetic cases. Hypertrophic and regenerative proliferations of 



Fig. 2. Chronic syphilitic pancreatitis with diabetes. Spirochseta pallida found 

 in heart and pancreas. No clinical signs of syphilis, Wassermann negative. 



the acinar tissue are common in all of these cases, not infrequently to the 

 extent of an adenomatous character. (See Figs, 10-12.) Many glandular 

 formations superficially resembling hypertrophic or newly-formed islets 



