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PHYSIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY 



dicates fatty degeneration of the kidney; such casts are particularly 

 characteristic of subacute and chronic inflammation of the kidney. 



FIG. 144. GRANULAR CASTS. 

 a Finely granular; b, coarsely granular. 



FIG. 145. EPITHELIAL CASTS. 



(/) Waxy Casts. These casts possess a basic substance similar to 

 that which enters into the foundation of the hyaline form of cast. In 



FIG. 146. BLOOD, Pus, HYALINE AND EPITHELIAL CASTS. 

 a, Blood casts; b, pus cast; c, hyaline cast impregnated with renal cells; d, epithelial casts. 



common with the hyaline type they are colorless, refractive bodies, 

 but differ from this form of cast in being, in general, of greater length 

 and diameter and possessing sharper outlines and a light yellow color 



