Sajous's analytical cyclopædia of practical medicine . Jean-Pierre Mazas, the giant of Montastruc(profile view). (Brissaud and H. Meige.) characteristic loss of harmony betweenstructure and function finds its expres-sion, to a greater or less extent, in theusual symptoms and deformations ofacromegaly, after union of the epiphy-ses to the diaphyses has taken place,whether this union has been prompt ordelayed. 1—19 290 ACROMEGALY (LAUXrirs AND CESBRON). Jn the majority of giants almost allthe stigmata of acromegaly may berecognized. Sometimes but slightlymarked, the significant changes can bedet
Sajous's analytical cyclopædia of practical medicine . Jean-Pierre Mazas, the giant of Montastruc(profile view). (Brissaud and H. Meige.) characteristic loss of harmony betweenstructure and function finds its expres-sion, to a greater or less extent, in theusual symptoms and deformations ofacromegaly, after union of the epiphy-ses to the diaphyses has taken place,whether this union has been prompt ordelayed. 1—19 290 ACROMEGALY (LAUXrirs AND CESBRON). Jn the majority of giants almost allthe stigmata of acromegaly may berecognized. Sometimes but slightlymarked, the significant changes can bedetected only upon careful inspection; presence of acromegaly in the personbefore him. In the course of our investigations ongigantism we were led to establish awell-defined distinction between two at other times very pronounced, tliey types of giants, viz., the i)ifa)itile giant,attract immediate attention and are in whom the connecting cartilages have. Acromegalogrigantism in a Chinaman. (Matignon.) equally as striking as the stature of theindividual afflicted with them. The dis-proportionate size of the hands and feet;the homely, sometimes even repulsivefacial aspect; the evident sagging of thebody, which is often marked, make ofthe subjects gigantic stature a distinc-tion little to be envied, even in the eyesof the layman who cannot recognize the not undergone ossification and are stillal)le to proliferate, and the acromegalicgiant, in whom these cartilages have be-come ossified and who presents bonythickenings. This distinction, having asits anatomical basis the two separateprocesses of cartilaginous and perios-teal ossification, though a true one mor-phologically, does not hold good indefi- ACROMEGALY (LAUXOIS AND CESBRON). 291 nitely in time, , the infantile type,having remained pure during a certainnumber of years, tends to progresstoward the acromegalic type, latermerging into it completely. We maystate, as a general conc
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