. A practical treatise on medical diagnosis for students and physicians . -Complete facial palsy. Patient unable to close eye of the affected side. (Dercum.) Facial hemiatrophy. (Lymax.) The skin changes in color and the hair falls out. The eye is sunken onthe aifected side on account of wasting of the tissues of the orbit. Thebone of the upper jaw atrophies to a more marked degree than the otherbones that undergo wasting, and the teeth become loose and fall outbecause of the wasting of the alveolar processes. The wasting is sharplylimited by the middle line, (See Fig, 19,) The disorder is eas
. A practical treatise on medical diagnosis for students and physicians . -Complete facial palsy. Patient unable to close eye of the affected side. (Dercum.) Facial hemiatrophy. (Lymax.) The skin changes in color and the hair falls out. The eye is sunken onthe aifected side on account of wasting of the tissues of the orbit. Thebone of the upper jaw atrophies to a more marked degree than the otherbones that undergo wasting, and the teeth become loose and fall outbecause of the wasting of the alveolar processes. The wasting is sharplylimited by the middle line, (See Fig, 19,) The disorder is easily recog-nized. The patient looks as if the face were made up of two halvesfrom different persons. It must not be mistaken for facial asymmetrywhich is associated with congenital wry-neck, and is distinguished bycontraction of the sternomastoid muscle from birth. 166 EXA^^^^ATION of the face, head, and neck. Color of the Face. A full account of the color is given in ChapterXXIII., devoted to the Appearance of the Skin. Contour of the Face and Head. The head and f
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