Vascular bronchocele and exophthalmos / [J. Warburton Begbie].

  • Begbie, James Warburton, 1826-1876.
Date:
1882
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    long before any proper conception of their importance had been formed, is abundantly clear from the cases recorded by Flajani,^ by Dr. Caleb Parry,* and certain anonymous writers, particu- larly in the Medico-Chirurgical Journal and Review.* By Dr. Graves, the cardiac affection and enlargement of the thyroid gland were accurately noted and described in 1835 ; and, subse- quently, Dr. Stokes particularly alluded to the enlargement of the eyes in relation to the other features. In 1839 the disease was carefully observed byDr. Begbie; and, in the course of the suceeeding ten years, again and again recognised—till, in the form of a memoir, his observations, comprehending a theory as to its origin, the proof of its amenability to treatment, and important suggestions as to the means to be employed were brought before this Society in 1849.'^ Meantime, both in this country and on the Continent, the disease had attracted the attention of physicians—earliest in Germany, that of Basedow, who, under the apellation of ‘^cachexia exophthalmica,^^ de- scribed it.* It is for Basedow that Hirsch and others have claimed a priority of observation, and, conformably to a practice which finds favour with many, have sought to identify his name with the disease; Basedow^s disease (Maladie de Basedow) is the title under which these writers have presented their observations and recorded instances of the malady in question. Trousseau, on the other hand, whose high admira- tion for the character and writings of the distinguished and lamented physician of Dublin, Dr. Graves, is well known, and can only be most agreeable to us, has determined that the disease shall be recognised as Graves’s disease (Maladie de Graves) ; and thus he has styled it in the recently published volume of the ‘ Clinique Medicale de I’llotel Dieu de Paris.’ It is, however, only fair to Dr. Stokes to observe again, that the first distinct reference by the Dublin physicians to the enlarge- of the eyeballs, in connection with palpitation of the heart and enlargement of the thyroid gland, was made by him when communicating the particulars of a case to Dr. Graves. 1 ‘ Colleziono d’Osservazioni e Eillessloni di Chirurgia/ tome iii. ’ ‘ Unpublished Writings of the late Dr. Caleb H. Parry,’ vol. ii. * For Febniary, 1816. ‘ Monthly Journal of Medical Science,’ 1849. ‘ ‘ Casper’s Wochenschrift,’ 1840.