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(3) Benign connective tissue tumours. 

 .\ni,n()niatc-i arc fairl\- conimon. 

 Fibroma mollusciini or neurolibrosis 



common. 

 I'""ibroma pendulum and l-\ sinj^le are common. 



i'llaslorrhexis or 



of Recklinghausen, 



Molluscum tibrosum. 

 (By M. Mackenzie, P'oochow.) 



pseudo- 

 xanthoma has been seen in 

 half-castes. 

 Cheloid is extremely common ; 

 ii follows tattooing in African 

 natives and hypodermic in- 

 jections in Chinese. 

 L\ nii^hangiomata are very fre- 

 quent. 

 Multijile telangiectasis some- 

 what common. 

 Myomata are rare. 

 Xanthoma diabeticorum is com- 

 mon in India and Ceylon. 

 Xanthoma planum and tubero- 

 sum are fairly frequent. 

 4) Malignant connective tissue 

 tumours. 

 L\mplioderma perniciosum has 



been seen. 

 Mycosis fungoides has been 



seen in a half-caste. 

 Angio-sarcoma is to be fotind 



in the Cameroons. 

 Multiple sarcomatosis is rare. 

 The author has seen carcinoma 

 of the cervix and of the 

 pvloris in Colombia, South 

 America, and carcinoma of 

 the ovarv in Central Africa. 



ULCERATIONS. 



ihc majority of tropical idcera- 



tions are (he residt of some trivial 

 scratch or bruise, but as a residt of neglect, underfeeding, moistness 

 of the skin, exjx)sure and liability lo secondary infections, ulcers of 

 enormous dimensi(jns may develop. In some cases the writer has seen 

 both tibia and llbula of the same leg exposed on two sides by ulcera- 

 tions, the vessels and nerves remaining isolated like strings plainly 

 visible. 



