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beginning of the affection; in a case of Ddbbelin's there was entirely normal 

 genital function. A short time ago I even saw a case in which it was very 

 likely that in a course of a very chronic acromegaly conception had occurred 

 several times, and children had been carried to term. I here quote the case 

 in extenso: 





Observation XXIX. S. Ad., fifty-six years old. Entered the clinic Oct., 1912. The 

 father of the patient seems to have been rather vigorous, and in his later years his condi- 

 tion seems to have exhibited some resemblance to the patient. From the age of fifty- 



