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nucleus, is pushed to one side, just as in colloid degeneration. 

 The larger the size attained hy the oil-globule (and in the cells 

 of a lipomatous tumonr its size is often great) the more difficult 



Fig. 24. 



Fatty infiltration of connective tissue, ■—. 



does it become to realise the presence of any residue of proto- 

 plasm and nucleus. Nevertheless their existence is never to be 

 donbted ; for should the fatty matter be reabsorbed the nuclei 

 invariably reappear (fig. 25). 



Ftg. 25. 



Atrophied adipose tissue. 



Neither are we justified in supposing that the functional 

 activity of the infiltrated cells is wholly abolished. We know 

 that a liver, every cell of which has undergone the alteration in 

 question, is still capable of secreting bile, though the secretion is 



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