Acromegaly : a personal experience / by Leonard Portal Mark.

  • Mark, Leonard Portal.
Date:
1912
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Credit: Acromegaly : a personal experience / by Leonard Portal Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    I assume more decidedly the acromegalic facies. How much this varies with me has often been observed and remarked upon by my medical friends. On some occasions I may be out walking in the streets, or in places where people congregate, when the fit is on, making me feel and look more acro- megalic. And then, should a group of young women pass by, and should they be of that age when maids are wont to giggle, I become aware that their brains contain a centre capable of being stimulated by something in my appearance. This state always comes over me quite imper- ceptibly, and leaves me in the same way. It is intimately connected with headache and face- ache, and may be present with either one or both of them. Or one of the three may verge into the other, and each one may be present alone. Together they form a triad of symptoms. It seems to be a sign of my vitality being low, of lowered blood-pressure. It cannot be a sign of fatigue, as it is always worst in the morninas, not long after I have had my night's sleep, and when I have been quite quiet for many hours. An important point is that the time when I am most free from it, when it rarely comes over me, or only affects me but slightly, is late in the day. The hours that I reckon as my best, when I am sure to feel most comfortable, and when I am most fit for I