. The breast: its anomalies, its diseases, and their treatment . ve shared with his 40 wives the pleasure of nursing his children. There are many other, mostly general statements, attributed to Livingstone andlater travelers in support of the general fact that the breasts of men of lower races arelarger and better developed than those of the higher races. This is, however, not truegynecomastia, which would imply that the mammary glands of the men developed THE ACQUIRED ANOMALIES OF THE BREAST 141 like those of the women of their respective tribes, and when we come to consider theparticular cas
. The breast: its anomalies, its diseases, and their treatment . ve shared with his 40 wives the pleasure of nursing his children. There are many other, mostly general statements, attributed to Livingstone andlater travelers in support of the general fact that the breasts of men of lower races arelarger and better developed than those of the higher races. This is, however, not truegynecomastia, which would imply that the mammary glands of the men developed THE ACQUIRED ANOMALIES OF THE BREAST 141 like those of the women of their respective tribes, and when we come to consider theparticular cases mentioned above, we find that one of the boys whose cases have beenreported by Christopherson was so mortified by the real gynecomastia from which hesuffered that he tried to disembarrass himself of the offending member by also find that Chengwayo was keenly alive to the fact that he was different from tliecommon run of men and took great pride in it. •^ ^t^KKfxsfiu ^. rr^m ^^&^k pi ^m| i^^ P ^^ ^yi^ i ^ ^ w Hj^l Hj^ ^^ ^^L^ r^.^- .. Fig. 83.—Gynecomastia. The Zulu chiefChengwayo. (Schufeldt.) Fig. 84.— boy with bilateralgynecomastia. (Breeks.) II. Gynecomastia is a Sign of Degeneration.—The gynecomastic is said to be adegenerate, but when we inquire into the meaning and significance of degenerate,we find it implies that the individual falls from the advanced position achieved by hiskind, to assume the characteristics of lower types. Degeneration is therefore, more orless, an atavistic or reversionary phenomenon, and the theory is only a modification ofthe former one. The chief exponent of the theory is Laurent, whose studies were basedupon experiences with and observations upon the criminal classes. Other criminologists,notably Havelock Ellis, support the same opinion, and the superintendents of reforma-tories usually find a high percentage of gynecomasts among the inmates of their institu-tions. The case reported by Carrara
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