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Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine

CHAPTER VII
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The electric reaction and the reflexes showed no abnormality.

The asymmetry was first observed when the child was three.

Mobius and Demme report similar cases.
Adams reports an unusual case of hemihypertrophy in a boy of ten.
There was nothing noteworthy in the family history, and the patient had suffered from none of the diseases of childhood.

Deformity was noticeable at birth, but not to such a degree relatively as at a later period.

The increased growth affected the entire right half of the body, including the face, but was most noticeable in the leg, thigh, and buttock.


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