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fatty degeneration in the myeline sheath does not justify the 

 diagnosis of beriberi. 



The object of this work is twofold : namely, to determine the 

 presence of degeneration in the peripheral nerves of morbidities 

 other than beriberi and to emphasize the presence of the degen- 

 eration in nonberiberics. 



This paper will treat the subject from the viewpoint of morbid 

 anatomy only, without reference to the clinical history or course 

 of each case studied. It is unfortunate that comparatively few 

 cases of frank beriberi came to the morgue during the period of 

 this study, so that only six could be included in this series. No 

 attempt will be made to compute the incidence of degeneration 

 in terms of percentage, due to lack in number in each class of 

 cases studied. 



Table I. — Sources from which material is derived." 



Cases. 



Philippine General Hospital 48 



St. Joseph's Hospital 16 



San Lazaro Hospital 27 



"Outside" 13 



Total 





104 



Table II.- 



-Interval between death and autopsy. 



Cases. 



Under 12 hours 





44 



12-24 hours 





46 



24-36 hours 





. 8 



36-48 hours 





1 



Over 48 hours 





5 



Total 





104 



Table III. — Age of cases studied. 









Cases. 



Under 1 year 





7 



1-5 years 





10 



5-20 years 





14 



20-50 years 





56 



Over 50 years 





17 



Total 104 



Table IV. — Classification of cases according to clinical diagnosis. 



Clinical diagnosis. Cases. 



Pulmonary tuberculosis 16 



Asiatic cholera 26 



Accidents (acute anaemias, fractures, etc.) 10 



Cardiac dilatation 4 



Beriberi 3 



Acute ileocolitis 4 



' The Philippine General Hospital supplied surgical and infectious cases. 

 St. Joseph's Hospital supplied tuberculous cases. San Lazaro Hospital 

 supplied contagious cases. "Outside" supplied accidents, medicolegal, and 

 undetermined cases. 



