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Garrison-Morton-Norman History of Medicine
DERCUM, Francis Xavier (1856 – 1931)

DERCUM, Francis Xavier (1856 – 1931)

1856 – 1931

1 entries in the GMN corpus.

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1888 CE–1889 CE

#3917

A subcutaneous connective tissue dystrophy of the arms and back, associated with symptoms resembling myxoedema.

DERCUM, Francis Xavier (1856 – 1931)
DERCUM, Francis Xavier (1856 – 1931)

First description of adiposis dolorosa (“Dercum’s disease”).