102 Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. [Sess. 
The examination of the body was divided into three parts : — 
A. Microscopic examination of — 
1. Pituitary body. 
2. Thyroid gland. 
3. Liver. 
4. Spleen. 
5. Pancreas. 
B. Dissection of the soft tissues. 
C. Maceration and detailed examination of the bones of the skeleton. 
The following facts were discovered : — 
A. Microscopic Examination. 
1. The Pituitary. 
{Note. — Pituitaries obtained from the post-mortem room were used as 
guides in determining the nature and extent of the structural alterations.) 
The size of the organ was in no way abnormal. 
Stain. — Mann’s long method. 
Anterior Lobe. — The sinusoids were small, and contained an unusually 
small amount of blood. The dark-staining granular cells were more 
numerous than usual — in some parts much more numerous. There were 
one or two large colloid spaces. 
Intermediate Zone. — The epithelial cells were few in number, and did 
not extend so far as is usual into the posterior lobe. 
Posterior Lobe. — There was very slight vascularity, but in other respects 
the structure was similar to that of the posterior lobes of the pituitaries 
used as controls. 
2. The Thyroid Gland. 
The amount of colloid slightly exceeded the normal ; some of the vesicles 
were unusually large, and in these the lining cells were flattened, resembling 
stratified epithelium rather than the normal cubical. There was no other 
departure from the normal structure. 
3. Liver. 4. Spleen. 5. Pancreas. 6. Kidney. 
Showed no abnormalities of structure beyond such as could be accounted 
for by the manner of death, viz. mixed septic infection from tuberculous 
cavities in the lungs. 
7. Suprarenal. 
The size was considerably less than normal. The structure was 
absolutely normal, and the cells were apparently quite healthy. 
6. Kidney. 
7. Suprarenal. 
8. Prostate. 
9. Penis. 
10. Testicle. 
