icteric

Purpura, with profuse hemorrhages and a livid hue of the skin, is ominous; icteric discoloration, together with marked glandular and periglandular tumefaction, is absolutely fatal.

See his Treatise on biliary Concretions, chap. ii. where he has collected a great Number of icteric Cases, in which the Bile has been found quite viscid after Death.

Several times we observed a faint icteric coloring and in some cases the appearance on neck and breast of an exanthema resembling measles.

The adipose tissue throughout the carcass may show a pronounced icteric appearance in certain cases.

The skin may assume a dull sallow or earthy hue, or a bright yellow icteric tint may appear.