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Acromegaly are incompatible with man's evolutionary status, 

 similar to the way in which, on the physiological side, regeneration 

 of limbs is incompatible with the status of the higher animal. 



The following is Dr. Larger's formula respecting the zoological 

 distribution of " Gigantisme " : 



le Gigantisme simple est celui des Digeneres supdrieurs et le Gigantisme 

 acromegalique, celui des Degeneves inf6rieurs en donnant meme & cette 

 derniere appellation le sens de bestialiti. 



The contrast, therefore, is between bestiality, with its extreme 

 degeneration, and the sympathetic, i.e., symbiotic, organism 

 which, by its very nature, by its superior character, is debarred 

 from descending to the lowest depths of degeneration. 



The whole skeleton, according to Dr. Larger, is eventually 

 affected by Acromegaly ; and he mentions the following important 

 symptoms : " dilatation des Sinus cranio-fasciaux ; 1'osteoporose 

 ou 1'osteosclerosc de tous les os ; la dilatation des trous osseux 

 vasculaire? et nerveux ; les saillies des insertions musculaires." 



There are two types of Acromegaly so far as the structure of 

 the skeleton is concerned : " le type long et mince et le type 

 large et epais (Macroplastie et Euryplastie)," both occurring 

 occasionally in man, although it is the " euryplastic " type that 

 is the commoner of the two : 



Mais d'une maniere generate, tant chez I'homme que surtout chez 

 les animaux (Proboscidiens, Grands C&taces, Sirtniens, Megatherium, Din- 

 osauriens}, c'est le type d'Acromegalie dit 6pais et large ou euryplastique 

 qui 1'emporte. L'on peut dire que ce qni s'observe le plus souvent chez 

 I'homme, principalement, c'est le melange en proportions variables, des 

 deux types ; non seulement sur le meme individu, mais encore, sur le meme 

 crane. C'est ce que demontrent les autopsies relatees par Launois et 

 Roy et d'autres encore. Uir regular it 6 d'tpaisseur des parois du crane 

 humain, notamment, a meme ete donnee par B6clere comme etant un 

 caractere de 1'Acromegalie humaine, bien que cette irregularite soit bien 

 loin d'y etre constante. 



We may well believe that frequently enough the thickening 

 of the walls, incidental upon general mal-nutrition, is but a 

 forerunner of their extreme porosity. The phenomenon is 

 symptomatic of the way in which every undue exuberance of life 

 is followed by general exhaustion. 



We learn that amongst the races of man a well denned 

 acromegalic type was confined to the Neanderthalians. Modern 

 acromegalic human giants are all completely sterile, which 

 precludes extremely pathological characters from becoming fixed 



