ABIPOSE TISStTE-WTTY DEGENERATION OP MUSCLES. 3(!3 



the drop of fat, and thus it was, until very recently 



a rnatter of _di SC ussion whether the fat-ceUs I ^ ^ 



cells. It is in reahty very difficult to come to a Line! 



gradually disappears, the membrane loses somewhat of 

 it, tendon, M no longer so thin and delicate a2 hu 



r f r tt; a oS be r sometime; disti ^ 



nu^eutX ZoTlT Svelte 1 

 therefore a real, complete cell with nucleus anTmem 

 brane, though the contents have been almost entirl sup 



P p ctii h t e fat h ha ; taken -p- This SS 



pose cellular tissue is a form of connective tissue (p 76) 

 and when lt undergoes retrogressive metamorphosf ' it 

 clearly seen to be reduced to connective or mucouL ti 

 sue, for between the cells a small quantity of intercellu" 

 lar ^substance again becomes apparent (Fig. 107 ITs] 

 Th,s species of adipose tissue it is, gentlemen whfh 

 under certain circumstances not only gives rise to po v 



' 



htion of f t " S aCCUmu - 



lat on of fat, but is also the foundation of all anomalous 



attys truct for examplej rf u ^ 



ent forms of these structures, and particularly real fatty 

 tumours are distinguished from one anojr only by 



S Ua " t 



greater o, " C0ntain3 ' and P which their 



form of ** depends. It is the same 



n of accumulaton of fat which we see appear in 

 morbid conditions in a series of cases which, in 



ance with old tradition, are still called fatty 



- degeneration 



in many instances presents nothing 



