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English:
FIG. 41. MICROCEPHALIC TYPE OF IDIOCY WITH LOCAL MYXOJDEMA. The woman, aged
twenty-one years, is able to speak coherently, though slowly, and has considerable power of attention. The height is 165 centimetres; the osseous system is well devel- oped. The skull is dolichocephalic and trigonocephalic; the circumference 48.5 centi- metres ; the cephalic index 76.2. The measurement over the vault is 31 centimetres ; over the antero-posterior diameter 31 centimetres. The skin contains swellings of a firm, jelly-like character in the occipital, malar, and clavicular regions, and to a less degree about the legs. The hair is coarse. The thyroid gland is not palpable. There is con- siderable arteriosclerosis of the peripheral arteries. The palate is flat, with a well-marked torus of the knob form. |
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Source | A Treatise on Mental Diseases |
Author | Henry J. Berkley, M.D. |
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