A system of practical medicine . Photograplied in Photographed in 1891 (Osborne). Tlie same patient as shown in Fig. 8l. acromegaly. In jKlxnnccd cases somnolence is a very marked and \)cv-sistent symptom. Mental distuH)auce is not infrequent. Tlie patientat fiist is simply morose and intros])ective ; later great depression is notuncommon, leading at times to suicidal attempts. PA THOLOGICAL ANATOMY. 741 Polyuria and glycosuria are met with. Pigmentation of the skinmay be set down as one of the unusual nervous symptoms of the skin is hard and dry. The hair becomes brittle an
A system of practical medicine . Photograplied in Photographed in 1891 (Osborne). Tlie same patient as shown in Fig. 8l. acromegaly. In jKlxnnccd cases somnolence is a very marked and \)cv-sistent symptom. Mental distuH)auce is not infrequent. Tlie patientat fiist is simply morose and intros])ective ; later great depression is notuncommon, leading at times to suicidal attempts. PA THOLOGICAL ANATOMY. 741 Polyuria and glycosuria are met with. Pigmentation of the skinmay be set down as one of the unusual nervous symptoms of the skin is hard and dry. The hair becomes brittle and falls out. There is very rarely any hypertrophy of the voluntary muscles metwith, except those of the hands and feet. The electrical reactions remainunaltered in uncomplicated acromegaly. The enlarged muscles mayundergo wasting after the disease has been in existence for some may be due to the develo])nient of some other aifection, such as pe-ripheral neuritis, syringomyelia, progressive muscular atrophy, or thewast
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