A further contribution to the study of the pathology of the hypophysis cerebri

Abstract

WE have divided this second paper into 4 parts.Part I.An historical survey of the pituitary body, including (1) embryology, (2) anatomy and morphology, (3) function, and (4) pathology.Part 11.The normal and pathological anatomy of the hypophysis cerebri, and the result of an examination of 100 pituitary bodies.Part 111.The tumours of the hypophysis cerebri, of which we give 8 cases of our own.Of these, 6 are taken from an analysis of 3000 autopsies upon the insane, 1 a case of acromegaly.Appended are the references to some 90 additional cases.Part IV.Symptomatology.Case 3. Female, at.23, thyroid normal, pituitary voluminous.Case 4. Male, at.26, goitre, pituitary larger than normal.Case 5. Male, aet.32, no goitre, pituitary large, 1-19 graranimes.