Cellular pathology as based upon physiological and pathological histology : twenty lectures delivered in the Pathological Institute of Berlin during the months of February, March and April, 1858 / by Rudolf Virchow ; tr. from the second edition of the original, by Frank Chance ... with notes and numerous emendations, principally from ms. notes of the author, and illustrated by 144 engravings on wood.

  • Rudolf Virchow
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[1860?]
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Credit: Cellular pathology as based upon physiological and pathological histology : twenty lectures delivered in the Pathological Institute of Berlin during the months of February, March and April, 1858 / by Rudolf Virchow ; tr. from the second edition of the original, by Frank Chance ... with notes and numerous emendations, principally from ms. notes of the author, and illustrated by 144 engravings on wood. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PAGl LECTUKE III.—Physiological and Pathological Tissues 77 The higher animal tissues: muscles, nerves,vessels, blood.—Muscles. Striped and smooth. Atrophy of. The contractile substance and contractility in general. Cutis anserina and arrectores pilorum. Vessels. Capillaries. Contractile vessels. Nerves.—Pathological tissues (Neoplasms), and their classification. Import of vascularity. Doctrine of specific elements. Physiological types (reproduction). Heterology (heterotopy, hetero- chrony, heterometry), and malignity. Hypertrophy and hyperplasy. Degeneration. Criteria for prognosis.—Law of continuity. Histological substitution and equivalents. Physiological and pathological substitution. LECTUKE IV.—Nutrition and its Channels . .101 Action of the vessels. Relations between vessels and tissues. Liver. Brain. Muscular coat of the stomach. Cartilage. Bone.—Dependence of tissues upon vessels. Metastases. Vascular territories [Gefassterritorien] (vas- cular unities). Conveyance of nutriment in the juice-conveying canals (Saftkanale) of the tissues. Bone. Teeth. Fibro-cartilage. Cornea. Semilunar cartilages. LECTUKE V.—Nutrition, and Conveyance of the Nu- tritive Juices . 119 Tendons. Cornea. Umbilical cord.—Elastic tissue. Corium.—Loose con- nective tissue. Tunica dartos.—Importance of cells in the special dis- tribution of the nutritive juices. LECTUKE VI.—Nutrition and Circulation . . .14(1 Arteries. Capillaries. Continuity of their membrane. Its porosity. Hae- morrhage by transudation (per diapedesin). Veins. Vessels during preg- nancy.—Properties of the walls of vessels: 1. Contractility. Rhythmical movement. Active or irritative hyperaemia. Ischaemia. Counter irritants. 2. Elasticity and its importance as regards the rapidity and uniformity of the current of blood. Dilatation of the vessels. 3. Permeability. Diffusion. Specific affinities. Relations between the supply of blood and nutrition. Glandular secretion (liver). Specific action of the ele- ments of the tissues.—Dyscrasia. Its transitory character and local origin. Dyscrasia of drunkards. Haemorrhagic diathesis. Syphilis. LECTUKE VIL—The Blood 166 Fibrine. Its fibrillae. Compared with mucus, and connective tissue. Ho- mogeneous condition.—Red blood-corpuseles. Their nucleus and con- tents. Changes of form. Blood-crystals (Haematoidine, Haemine, Has- matocrystalline).—Colourless blood-corpuscles. Numerical proportion. Structure. Compared with pus-corruscles. Their viscosity and aggluti- nation. Specific gravity. Crusta granulosa. Diagnosis between pus- and colourless blood corpuscles.