A treatise on the diseases of the nervous system . s no statement is made in regard to these points, and in oneit is vaguely stated that there was buccal atrophy. In four of thesecases the affection involved at the same time both lips, the tongue, theveil of the palate, and its pillars on one side. The progress of the disease is exceedingly slow, the condition exist-ing in many cases for several years. It appears, however, to be dis-tinctly progressive in character. No death has occurred from it, norhas any post-mortem examination been made with the view of inquiringinto the nature of the affe
A treatise on the diseases of the nervous system . s no statement is made in regard to these points, and in oneit is vaguely stated that there was buccal atrophy. In four of thesecases the affection involved at the same time both lips, the tongue, theveil of the palate, and its pillars on one side. The progress of the disease is exceedingly slow, the condition exist-ing in many cases for several years. It appears, however, to be dis-tinctly progressive in character. No death has occurred from it, norhas any post-mortem examination been made with the view of inquiringinto the nature of the affection in any patient dying of an intercurrentdisease. The accompanying figures from Lande represent the face of awoman affected with progressive facial atrophy. In Fig. 65 a front PROGRESSIVE FACIAL ATROPHY. 563 view of the countenance is given, and the atrophy of the left side isclearly shown. Fig. 66 represents the left side of the face ; and, forpurposes of comparison, the right, unaffected side, is given in Fig. 67. Fru. 66. Fig. 65. Fig.
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