Treasury of human inheritance . ne of Hamburg described a similar condition. In the following year Milroya physician of Omaha published an account of a remarkable family in which twenty-two cases of chronic oedema had occurred. Seven years later Henri Meige inpublishing the history of another family with eight affected members gave anexcellent account of the disease which has been recognised by a large number ofsubsequent observers in different parts of the world. The disease is characterised by the presence of persistent hard painless swellingof one or more segments of the limbs. In the great
Treasury of human inheritance . ne of Hamburg described a similar condition. In the following year Milroya physician of Omaha published an account of a remarkable family in which twenty-two cases of chronic oedema had occurred. Seven years later Henri Meige inpublishing the history of another family with eight affected members gave anexcellent account of the disease which has been recognised by a large number ofsubsequent observers in different parts of the world. The disease is characterised by the presence of persistent hard painless swellingof one or more segments of the limbs. In the great majority of cases, after it hasonce developed, the disease is progressive and persists throughout life. In a numberof cases it has appeared at birth (Milroy, Tobiesen^^^^ Nonne, Lortat-Jacob^*,Jopson^^*, Sutherland(^«), whereas in others (Meige^^ Lannois^^), RoUeston^^*, Hope 1 Dictionary of Indian Biography. ^ In the last generation the ages when known are given on the pedigrees. TREASURY OF HUMAN INHERITANCE PLATE E.
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