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gm.) and thyroid (6 gm.). The brain weighed 1,038 gm. and showed 

 microgyria as well as hypoplasia of the right hemisphere. 



Cases of Hypophyseal Dwarfism. The first really thoroughly studied 

 case is that reported by Erdheim. The patient was a man, 38 years old, 

 142 cm. (56 inches) tall, with open epiphyseal lines, cryptorchidism, small 

 penis, and absence of beard, pubic and axillary hair. The anatomic de- 



Fig. 3. Adipose hypophyseal dwarf. After Hewlett, Archives Int. Med., vol. 9. 



scription and the analysis of the case are most thorough and interesting. 

 The sella turcica was enlarged and contained a cystic mixed tumor of 

 the hypophysis, hence a destructive lesion. The histologic changes in the 

 open epiphyses are described in the greatest detail. 



In 1020, the case of a man J)l years old and 132 cm. (52 inches) tall, 

 was reported by A. Priesel. He had been of normal size as a child and 

 his growth practically ceased at the age of 1 5 years. He was normal men- 

 tally. His voice had been rather high pitched. The clinical data are 

 meager, probably because he came under observation only as an old 



