DYSTROPHIA ADIPOSOGENITALIS 



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eosinophiles 1; Blood Wassermann negative; Blood Sugar 0.17; Su-ar 

 tolerance positive after administration of 100 gm. of dextrose. 





Fig. 18. Showing the comparison between the epiphyseal lines of the normal and 

 pituitary hand, illustrated in Figure 15. (Radiogram by Dr. Cotton.) 



Chronological arrangement of important contributions to literature on 

 the pituitary gland, prior to Frohlich's description of the syndrome now 

 known as dystrophia adiposogenitalis. 



2nd Century GALEN Thought nasal secretions originated in the pitui- 

 tary body. 



(Garrison's Hist. Med. p. 200) 

 1543 VESALIUS, A. Upheld Galen's idea. 



(Fabrica, lib. VII, Cap. XII) 

 1660-62 SCHNEIDER, C. V. Overthrew Galen's idea and stated that nasal 



secretions do not originate in the pituitary body. 



(De catarrhis, Wittenberg, 1660-62) 

 1672 LOWER, K. Supported Schneider's view. 



(Dissertatio de origine catarrhi in qua ostenditur ilium non provenire 



a cerebro, in his Tractatus de corde, London, edition of 1680, 163, 



175) 

 1682 WILLIS, T. Observed abnormalities in the size of the pituitary. 



"Betrachtete den Hirnanhang als Keinigungsorgan des Hirnes"- 



Frankl-Hochwart. 



