. A treatise on the nervous diseases of children : for physicians and students. by Meryon, Duchenne, and Gowers,pseudo-muscular hypertrophy is characterized by its oc-currence in early are affected some-what more frequentlythan girls ; but althoughaffecting boys, the dis-ease is inherited almostinvariably through themother. The first symp-toms are, a weakness inthe muscles of the legand an early increase inthe size of the calf mus-cles. In rare instancesthe hypertrophy may be-gin in the thigh gait is waddling, andthe child soon finds diffi-culty in walking up anddown sta
. A treatise on the nervous diseases of children : for physicians and students. by Meryon, Duchenne, and Gowers,pseudo-muscular hypertrophy is characterized by its oc-currence in early are affected some-what more frequentlythan girls ; but althoughaffecting boys, the dis-ease is inherited almostinvariably through themother. The first symp-toms are, a weakness inthe muscles of the legand an early increase inthe size of the calf mus-cles. In rare instancesthe hypertrophy may be-gin in the thigh gait is waddling, andthe child soon finds diffi-culty in walking up anddown stairs, in climbingon chairs, in rising fromthe floor or from any re-cumbent posture. In theearlier stages of the dis-ease the patient rises fromthe flloor by dint of greateffort (see Fig. 109) andby climbing up uponhimself. In later stagesof the disease the patient,if put on the floor, liesabsolutely prostrate andis not even able to raisethe head from the floor. Sitting up without support may be entirely impossible. Asthe weakness and atrophy increase, the patient becomes more. Fig. 107.—Second Brother, aged Thirteen anda Half Years, exhibiting Hypertrophy ofCalves, of Gluteal Muscles, and of Musclesabout the Shoulder Girdle ; Distinct Atrophyof Arm Muscles (Erbs Type, or JuvenileForm of Progressive Muscular Atrophy).All the muscles are now beginning to atro-phy ; boy is only a little less helpless than hisolder brother. 424 THE NERVOUS DISEASES OF CHILDREN. and more helpless, is unable to stand or to walk, becomeseither bedridden, or is compelled to sit in a chair and evenloses the use of the upper extremities ; is not able to raise
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