LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS xxiii 



SECTION XIV 



GIGANTISM, DWARFISH, INFANTILISM 

 Gigantism 



PETER BASSOE 



FIGURE PAGE 



1. Ella Ewing, the Missouri giantess 812 



2. Gigantism; Infantilism and Feminism 813 



3. Chinese acromegalic giant . 818 



4. The giant Hugo 819 



5. Giant, Machnow, with Professor Luschan 820 



6. Giant, Palozzi . . 821 



7. Base skull in Buhl's case 822 



8. Hyperostotic skull. (Buhl's case) 823 



9. Deformity of brain from cranial hyperostosis 823 



10. Giant, Wilkins, and his brother 824 



11. Hyperostosis of skull and osteosarcoma at base of skull of Wilkins, 



the giant 825 



12. Base of brain with indentations caused by hyperostosis as seen in 



Wilkins, the giant 825 



13. Anterior view of the brain of Wilkins, the giant 826 



14. The Portuguese giant, Lopez . 828 



15. Hand of Portuguese giant, Lopez, compared with the normal . . . 829 



16. Foot of the Portuguese giant, Lopez, compared with the normal . . 829 



17. Rontgenogram of hand of the Portuguese giant, Lopez 830 



18. Precocious boy of six years beside normal boy of fifteen years . . . 832 



19. Anterior and posterior view of precocious girl of six years .... 833 



20. Rontgenogram of hand of precocious girl of six years 834 



21. Hemihypertrophy 838 



22. Hemihypertrophy 839 



Dwarfism 

 PETER BASSOE 



1. Essential dwarfism 844 



2. Essential dwarfism 845 



3. Adipose hypophyseal dwarf 846 



45-6. Achondroplasia 849 



7-8-9. Achondroplasia 851 



10-11. Achondroplasia, showing short fourth fingers and toes . . . . ' 852 



Infantilism 



AUGUST STRAUCH 



1. Hypothyreogenic infantilism Brissaud's type 860 



2. Same case as Figure 1 ; after 3 years' treatment with thyroid . . . 861 



3. Infantilism of Brissaud's type 862 



4. Hypophyseal adiposity 864 



5. Dorsal view of Figure 4 865 



