The Medical clinics of North America . Fig. 70.—Case I. Age twenty-one years. Note the bright, alertfeatures, plentiful curly hair, slender,erect figure. This picture was takenbefore the onset of thyroid deficiency. Fig. 71.—Case I. Four yearslater, age twenty-five. First evi-dence noticed of heaviness of thefeatures and gain of weight. and finally, the extraordinary picture shown at the age of thirty-eight, when he first came under our observation. On examination one observed a large, heavy-set man, to arouse, moving slowly and very deliberately, and speak-ing with a deep rumble t
The Medical clinics of North America . Fig. 70.—Case I. Age twenty-one years. Note the bright, alertfeatures, plentiful curly hair, slender,erect figure. This picture was takenbefore the onset of thyroid deficiency. Fig. 71.—Case I. Four yearslater, age twenty-five. First evi-dence noticed of heaviness of thefeatures and gain of weight. and finally, the extraordinary picture shown at the age of thirty-eight, when he first came under our observation. On examination one observed a large, heavy-set man, to arouse, moving slowly and very deliberately, and speak-ing with a deep rumble to his voice. His weight was 180 years before his weight had been 165 pounds, and priorto the onset of his illness, age twenty-one, it had been 145 332 HANS LISSER pounds. His skin was very cold to the touch, very dry, quitethick and rough, with a little scaling. His complexion was verycharacteristic of myxedema, namely, the Christmas-red-apple cheeks described by the French clinicians. This ratherpasty yellow backgroun
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