70 PATHOLOGY. 



tare of the urethra, the remaining kidney when one is destroyed, 

 the muscles, and even the solid bones themselves, when long 

 and actively exercised, afford excellent examples of true hyper- 

 trophy." — (C. Handfield Jones.) 



Whilst increased nutritive activity may lead to hypertrophy, 

 or an increase of normal tissue only, it may, on the other hand, 

 lead to the production of new materials in a part, to which 

 the name of neio formations — tumours — are given. These 

 have been, to some extent, described in my work on Veterinary 

 Surgery. 



