AUTOPSY FINDINGS. 59 



ar^inin, lysin, and histidin was noted in the liver of a phosphorus- 

 poisoned do"; by Wakeman. * The amount of arginin was consider- 

 ably lower tban the amount present in the liver of a normal do^. 



In tbe experiments here reported tliere is no doubt that, due to 

 organic and inorganic phosphorus, an alteration in the livers, brains, 

 and nerves has taken place, accompanied by the presence of abnor- 

 mally hijjh pen-entases of fat. 



HISTOLOGICAL EXAMINATION. 



The follow inir results were obtained from the histolo^ieal examina- 

 tion: 



Kal)bit> Xos. 1 and L\ fed or^aine phosphorus. 



Liver, No. 1: Kxien-ive areas of fuiiy d* -em-ration and fatty infiltration. Sec- 

 tion- -tained \\-iili hemotoxylin and ensin. Fleming's solution, and Soudan III. 



I.i\t-r, \... _'. Nt)t (juile as e\ien-i\e RTefU .f faiiy de<_renerat inn and fatly infiltra- 

 tion a.- in the ca.-e of No. I. <'hn>nir inllammatory processes seen and general areas 

 of hemorrhages. 



Lungs. No. | Several areas of focal neero-i- noticed stirronndinu' v.-in in a state of 

 passive conu r r.-ii.,;i. Practically al! 'll;ip~'-d an<l \\ alls congested. General 



red cell -xir;i\;i.-;ition. 



Stomach. > ~li;ht congestion 



liabbil^ NOB, 3 and 1. fed in< >fL r anie pliospborUS. 



l.i\ -r. No. :',: Inliliralion in certain an-as, hut not as far ^one as Noe. 1 and 2. Cer- 

 tain ar.-a.> .-hou.-d lntlc chanu'.-. Slight cloudy swi-llinir. Slight chronic inllainina- 

 tion, n, .1 BO mark'-d a.- N 



I.i\.-r, No. I: Little difference <XMHpued with Nos. 1 and _'. Somesubacuteinllarn- 

 niatory procoOBOB Been, al.-o .-oim- faiiy tli-irt-n. -ration. Soudan III stain shows more 

 iatt\ d> -cnrration than is sc.-n with i-'lcniin. 



Ln: I'ncunionia in .-ta-jc- of ^ra\' hcpaii/alion. 



I. in. Not normal. Inn in better general Condition than oih.-r-. l.umenof 



art-r\ m-arly obliterated hy iihrous tissue. Uronchilis. Slight ^i-in-ral congest ion. 



Heart. No. 3: I'cricarditi- I fatty degeneration of myocardium, 



Kidney-, No. 3: Marked conu r '-tion. Slight parenchymatous degeneration. 



!: I'aren<'h\ inatou- de-jetieral ion. Congestion more pronounced than 

 in case <i N 



Stoinacl: \pparently normal. 



Stomach. No. t: Ap|)arently normal. 



Rabbit s Nos, "> and '. imniially fed. 



Livers: Practically normal. No fat pre-eni; .-mall areas in which few nuclei did 

 no, -lain as deeply as the n-si. prohaMy due to sectioninir. 



Lnnirs: <'oime-ti. ) n throughout. A few areas of hemorrhages with superimposed 

 intlammaiory j>rocesses. 



Kidneys: Slight intertulmlar hemorrhage. 



Hearts: Slight myocarditis. 



Stomachs: Apparently normal. 



The results of the histological examination confirm the opinions 

 formed at the time of the autopsy and show most marked fatty 



"/is. phy>iol. ('hem., 1905, 44 :335. 



