. The effects of inanition and malnutrition upon growth and structure . Fig. 63.—Nerve cells from the ventral horn of the spinal cord in fowls (Giemsa blood stain). The nucleus, n, is indicated in each, a, cell from normal animal, showing Nissl bodies; b, c, cells from fowl with polyneuritis (beriberi) after 24 days on polished rice diet. The nucleus has degenerated; the Nissl bodies have disintegrated, and the stainable substance is collected in irregular masses at one side of the cell. (Vedder and Clark '12.)

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