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Title: The Journal of nervous and mental disease
Year: 1874 (1870s)
Authors: American Neurological Association
Subjects: Nervous system Psychology, Pathological
Publisher: Baltimore (etc.) Williams & Wilkins (etc.)
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mprehends every-thing! but does not show any reaction to her environment. Infantilein behavior. Summarx.—The notable features in this case are the tendency toadiposity from birth; delayed menses with almost constantamenorrhea. A severe fright during adolescence with a subsequentpsychosis with prsecox mechanism. The physical masculinity isstriking; this woman may be taken for both a man and a woman oreither a man or a woman, depending upon the clothing worn. Thereis hypertrichosis of the face and body with masculine distribution.Theexternal genitalia shows development to a degree infantile. Thehands and feet are well formed and pointed fingers tapering. It is possible that there is a disturbance of the hypophysis, thegonads, and probably the suprarenals. 8 MARY OMALLEY Case 2. S. AI.: Hypertrichosis ; obesity ; exophthalmus.Colored, aged 44, married; admitted November, 1915.Family History.—Shows considerable white blood in the ante-cedents. Mother living; had a stroke of paralysis.
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Casi- 2. Contour of body masculine in type; obesity; hypertrichosis withmale distribution. Gracile hand (Mona Lisa type), small and conical, fingerstapermg. Jomts very flexible with extreme hyperextension. Exophtlialmus. .e.Sn(v^ /-//^/ory.-Borniu Virginia; first child in family ofseven. Was an unusually bright child, completed high-school work PLURIGLAXDULAR AXOMALOUS FUXCTIOXS 9 at seventeen; entered Howard University; left because of persistentattentions of a young man, and completed her college course atStorers College; taught school in the country. Before her nineteenthyear she had an attack of nervous prostration ; there is an indefinitehistory of severe convulsions at this time. Patient recovered fromthe acute symptoms of this attack in three months, but did not re-sume teaching again for one year (probably a pr^ecox episode ). Shemarried when twenty a school teacher; married life was unhappy;her husband did not entirely support his wife and she continued toteach and they lived

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