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Rodin Number: 20
E Number: 145
Donor: Osler
Date: c 1877
Size (H x W cm): 16 x 14
The specimen consists of a heart in which the parietal pericardium (P) and epicardium are thickened by fibrous tissue, consistent with chronic pericarditis.
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Comment
According to Rodin, the likely autopsy protocol (
rodin_oslerian_pathology_221-222.pdf) states that the specimen was from a child who 鈥渓ooked tuberculous鈥� and whose peritoneum showed numerous nodules consistent with military tuberculosis. Nodular foci of apparent tuberculosis were also found in the lungs, spleen and kidneys. The pericardium contained only a small amount of fluid and 鈥渁 dozen or more flat slightly elevated caseous masses鈥� interpreted by Osler as tuberculous. These "masses" are not clearly seen in the specimen (although one may have been present at the site sampled for histologic examination (H)).
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