LYMPHANGIECTASIS. 381° 
“In both cases, the dilatations were surrounded with a thick layer of* 
connective tissue, gorged with serosity and on the road to induration.” 
For man, elastic stockings, knee caps or cuffs form the whole treat- 
ment. Analogous means might be tried in animals. Extirpation gives no 
good results; all surgical interference must be avoided. Sometimes: 
- superficial dilatations ulcerate’; in these cases the therapeutics is the same. 
as that of lymphatic fistulas. 
