An undescribed variety of hereditary oedema / by W.F. Milroy.

  • Milroy, William Forsyth.
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[1892], ©1892
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Credit: An undescribed variety of hereditary oedema / by W.F. Milroy. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Meprinted from the New York Medical Journal for N'otember 5, 1892. AN UNDESCRIBED VARIETY OF IIEREDITAEY (EDEMA * By W. F. ^MJLROYM^Td., PROFESSOR OF CLINICAL MEDICINE AND HTOIENE IN THE OMAHA MEDICAL COLLEGE ; PHYSICIAN TO IMMANUEL HOSPITAL. ETC. Ox August 20, 1891, Mr. H. presented himself for examina- tion for life insurance. He was an American, a clergyman, thirty-one years of age, six feet and half an inch in height, and weighed one hundred and seventy-eight pounds. His liabits were the best, and he had never been sick in his life. With re- spect to longevity, his family history was excellent. Physical examination revealed nothing abnormal with regard to the thoracic or abdominal viscera. The applicant called my atten- tion to his lower extremities. I found a condition of oedema involving the feet and extending up the legs to the knees. It was, and the patient states had always been, somewhat more marked in the left extremity than in the right. Upon inspec- tion, the leg presented a slightly rosy hue, extending around its whole circumference and involving the whole extremity, gradu- ally disappearing near the knee. When lightly pressed, the color disappeared, but returned quickly when the pressure was removed. Scattered thickly over this base were white spots about the size of a pea. These also were found over every part of the leg as far as the rosy color extended. This appearance of * Read before the Society of the Alumni of Charity Hospital, June 1, 1892. Copyright, 1892, by D. Appleton and Company.