. The endocrine organs; an introduction to the study of internal secretion . FIG. 73.—Case of acromegaly, front and side view. (From Klebs and Fritsche.) Theillustration sliows the enlarged hands, feet, and joints, the massive elongated face andthick lips, the dorsal curvature (kyphosis), the apathetic B c D FIG. 74.—Four photographs of the same person showing the gradual development of thefacial appearance characteristic of the acromegalic. (Gushing.) A, at 24 years of age (prior to the commencement of the disease) ; B, at 29 (onset of disease); C, at 37 ; D, at 42 years of age. limbs

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. The endocrine organs; an introduction to the study of internal secretion . FIG. 73.—Case of acromegaly, front and side view. (From Klebs and Fritsche.) Theillustration sliows the enlarged hands, feet, and joints, the massive elongated face andthick lips, the dorsal curvature (kyphosis), the apathetic B c D FIG. 74.—Four photographs of the same person showing the gradual development of thefacial appearance characteristic of the acromegalic. (Gushing.) A, at 24 years of age (prior to the commencement of the disease) ; B, at 29 (onset of disease); C, at 37 ; D, at 42 years of age. limbs and head. The hands (fig. 75), feet, and face are especially hyper-trophied, and X-ray photographs show a typical mushrooming of the ungual 108 phalanges (fig. 76). The Endocrine Organs

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