STARVATION OF VEGETABLE AND ANIMAL TISSUES. 73 
coDtinues, the nucleus appears to become converted into a mere 
aggregation of this substance; and_, judging from the presence of 
Fig. 10. — Healthy nuclei of the adenoid tissue, x 1000. 
free granules and masses of it in the meshes of the tissue, the 
process seems in many cases to end by the breaking up of the 
mass. The material, like that in the altered epithelium, can be 
readily determined to be of an oily nature. 
In the earlier stages of starvation such material alone is 
deposited in the nuclei ; but in the later stages of the process it 
is apparently invariably associated with more or less pigmentary 
deposit. The amount of pigment varies greatly in different 
cases, in some being comparatively scanty, in others so exces- 
sive as to form the most conspicuous feature in the tissue, and 
greatly to obscure the fatty deposit with which it is associated 
{vide fig. 11). 
Fig. 11. — Appearances of the nuclei of the adenoid tissue in a case of 
advanced starvation, x 1000. 
Its distribution over the intestinal surface is similar to that of 
the fatty deposit, the upper portion of the small intestine being 
the most constant site of its extensive occurrence. In some 
cases the nuclei appear to be reduced to mere masses of pig- 
