Macrodactyly, and some other forms of congenital overgrowth, and their relation to tumours / by Sir George Murray Humphry.

  • Humphry, George Murray, Sir, 1820-1896.
Date:
1891
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Credit: Macrodactyly, and some other forms of congenital overgrowth, and their relation to tumours / by Sir George Murray Humphry. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    AND SOME OTHEE EOEMS OP CONGENITAL OVEE- GEOWTH, AND THEIR RELATION TO TUMOURS. BY SIR GEORGE MURRAY HUMPHRY, M.D., LL.D., F.R.S., PEOFESSOB OF SUEGEEY IN THE UNIVEESITY OF CAMBEIDGE. Received November 8tb, 1890—Read February 10th, 1891. In the Pathological Museum of the University of Cambridge are the six following specimens and casts. 1. The hypertrophied second toe amputated from a child, set. 4, by Mr. Morris, of Bishop’s Stortford. At birth it was thrice the size of the great toe, and grew more rapidly than the other parts. The phalanges are of great length, but not otherwise diseased. The tendons are pro- portionately large, and there is a superabundance of skin and adipose tissue all round. 2. A cast presented by Mr. Cathcart, of Edinburgh, of the giant middle finger of a child set. 20 months. The condition was congenital; but the finger had grown out of proportion to the other fingers, and was amputated by Mr. Joseph Bell.