Nervous and mental diseases . Figs. 212 and 213.—Face in acromegalia, two cases. Note enlarged superciliary ridge, thickened lips,massive jaw, and general grossness. larynx equally share in the hyperplasia, and the tonsils and follicularstructures are also increased in size. The ears and occiput are some-times enlarged, sometimes not. The scalp is thickened, the hair coarse,thick, and harsh. The complexion is usually sallow and the parts areelastically doughy to the touch, showing no pits on pressure. The hands are greatly enlarged in all their dimensions, but particu-larly in width. The propo
Nervous and mental diseases . Figs. 212 and 213.—Face in acromegalia, two cases. Note enlarged superciliary ridge, thickened lips,massive jaw, and general grossness. larynx equally share in the hyperplasia, and the tonsils and follicularstructures are also increased in size. The ears and occiput are some-times enlarged, sometimes not. The scalp is thickened, the hair coarse,thick, and harsh. The complexion is usually sallow and the parts areelastically doughy to the touch, showing no pits on pressure. The hands are greatly enlarged in all their dimensions, but particu-larly in width. The proportion of lingers to hand and hand to wristis retained ; they are, therefore, enlarged symmetrically. The fingersare thick and sausage-shaped, the hand thick and beefy, the thenar andhypothenar eminences greatly but proportionately enlarged. The wholehand is described as spade-like or battledore-shaped. This appearanceis sometimes intensified by a comparative thinness of the forearms. The 490 NEUROSES. joints are never limit
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