Lymphoma. 



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growths are spoken of as lymphomatosis, progressive lymphomata, 

 Hodgk ill's Disease or malignant lymphosareomatosis. The afifec- 

 tion manifests itself by a gradual enlargement of one group of 

 lymph glands in excess of the rest. In all parts where the glands 

 are palpable, as in the flexures of joints, in front and back of joints, 

 along the neck, in the throat, they may be recognized as rounded 



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Fig. 105. 

 Urinary bladder of cow beset witli l.vmiibi.mara (laid open). 



oval movable bodies, enlarged to the size of a nut or that of a fist. 

 At autopsy the l}Tnph glands of the interior of the body are also 

 found changed into large nodulated masses, sometimes reaching 

 the size of a human head. At first the capsules of the glands are 

 retained and. as a consequence, the nodular enlargements are well 

 defined ; their consistence varies, sometimes soft, sometimes firm, 

 and the surface of section has throughout a uniform grayish-white 



