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reflected light, as represented at aa, Plate 2. These were in many 
cases so abundant as to give the bile a semi-solid consistence. 
They presented, when de bile was most dense, a crimson colora- 
tion, and were then mingled with granules and stellate crystalls 
of haematoidine (Virchow) cc Plate 2. These yellow flocculi 
abounded in the hepatic duct and its branches, and were found 
at times impacted so that they might have offered resistance to 
the flow of the bile into the gall bladder. Some of the yellow 
coagula had been moulded by the smaller biliary ducts in cylin- 
drical casts, b Plate 2, and were found presenting this shape in 
the gall bladder. 
It was evident that the source of the yellow flocculi in the 
bile was an admixture of blood with the bile in the minutest ducts 
within the substance of the liver. The blood corpuscles being 
dissolved, the coagulating fibrin imbibed the bright yellow dye of 
the mingled coloring matter of the bile and the red blood cor- 
puscles. 
I have preserved specimens of this morbid secretion for nearly 
three months. They manifest no tendency to decomposition, but 
give off a sweetish aromatic odor; crystals of oxalate of lime have 
formed in the yellow flocculi and micrococcus germs have multi- 
plied so as to form masses visible to the unassisted eye.“ 
Diese letzterwähnte Beobachtung kann ich nur bestätigen. 
Die nun fast zwei Jahre in meinen Händen befindlichen Fläschchen, 
welche sehr guten luftdichten Verschluss haben, zeigen bei’m Oeff- 
nen den eigenthümlichen, von Herrn Professor Stiles erwähnten 
Geruch, aber durchaus keinen fauligen. 
„3) The Liquid Contents of the Small Intestine abounded in 
the yellow flocculi of the bile. The hardened faecal masses in the 
large intestine consisted of homogeneous yellow granules (the re- 
sult of condensation of the yellow flocculi) mingled with epithe- 
lium and vegetable débris. Constipation was a prominent symptom 
in most cases. Of the bile, therefore, which so abundantly poured 
into the alimentary canal, but a small quantity left the body in 
faecal evolution. The fourth stomach and intestines were occasio- 
nally filled with coagula of blood. Specimens of coagula were sent 
me, but I did not witness a case of the kind. 
4) The Urine. The urine was opaque and black, with a crim- 
son reflection. It formed a solid coagulum on boiling. When much 
diluted with water it became of a claret color. Blood discs were 
