A system of gynecology . that true elephantiasis never becomes pediculated, butalways involves the whole organ. It also contains yellow elastictissue, which is not true of fibroma in any form. Treatment.—The principal hope lies in surgical interference, and,fortunately, this can often be successfully ottered. Before resorting tothe knife it might be well to try the effect of the galvanic current,using galvano-puncture and very powerful currents, from fifty to onehundred milliamperes. Some successful cases have been treatment must be kept up for a long time*—one or two mo
A system of gynecology . that true elephantiasis never becomes pediculated, butalways involves the whole organ. It also contains yellow elastictissue, which is not true of fibroma in any form. Treatment.—The principal hope lies in surgical interference, and,fortunately, this can often be successfully ottered. Before resorting tothe knife it might be well to try the effect of the galvanic current,using galvano-puncture and very powerful currents, from fifty to onehundred milliamperes. Some successful cases have been treatment must be kept up for a long time*—one or two most certain results have been obtained by amputating thediseased mass. This does not seem to be either a very difficult ordangerous and is to be conducted on general surgicalprinciples. FlBROMA DIFFUSUM.—The disease which I wish to describe underthis head has been usually described either as elephantiasis, lupus. Although it resembles all these affections in the hypertrophy 1 See p. 528. I ,/.
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