690 DISEASES OF THE SKIN. 



and covered ouly by the deep layer of the epidermis, the super- 

 ficial ones having been almost completely desquamated. Tliis 

 points to the fact that there was an exudation from the whole 

 skin surface, irrespective of gland openings. 



The Kidneys. — The changes in the kidneys were those of 

 a chronic character, the degeneration universal, but most ad- 

 vanced in the secretory portion. The connective tissue through- 

 out the kidneys was but slightly increased, and that was of 



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Fig. 124. — Liver. Showing several lobules undergoing the same changes, 

 as shown in Fig. 123. (x 65.) 



an embryonic type. Xo marked changes were observed in the 

 nervous tissue. 



The Liver. — The change in the cells, which is universal 

 throughout the liver, is much more pronounced towards and 

 at the periphery of the lobules. This leads to the inference 

 that the morbid material enters the liver by the interlobular 

 vessels ; that is to say, the degeneration is due to something 

 conveyed to the liver by the blood-vessels ratlier than from any 

 initial channo in the orijan itself. 



