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Giants and art

Ayoub R Attar Z. (1996) Yes, giants, neither diseased nor apes. J Irish Dent Assoc 42 (2) p. 29-30.

Bonheim H. (1994) The giant in literature and medical practice. Lit Med 13 (2) p. 243-54.

Denko CW. (1995) Did the model for polyphemus have acromegalic arthritis?. J Rheumatol 22 (11) p. 2191-2.

Dumas P. (1973) L’acromégalie-gigantisme avant Pierre Marie. Neurochirurgie 19 (Suppl) p. 13-22. Does mention acromegaloid facial type. caricature half-tone page 20 and Pierre Marie from pastel. Photocopy More giant/art than acr.

Maige H. (1896) Les nains et les bossus dans l’art.

National Trust. (No date) Cerne Giant, Dorset. (Leaflet). London: Archaeology in the National Trust.

Petrie F. (1926) The hill figures of England. London: Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. .Petrie, W. M. Flinders (William Matthew Flinders), Sir, 1853-1942 Series: Occasional paper (Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland) ; 7.

Ruffer MA. (1911) On dwarfs and other deformed persons in Ancient Egypt. Bull Soc Arch Alex 13 p. 162-76.

Sheaves R. (1999) A history of acromegaly. Pituitary 2 (1): 7-28. A good overview of the history of acromegaly from a clinicians perspective.

Todd TW. (1914) Palaeolithic giants and dwarfs. Cleveland Med J 13 (8) p. 533-9.

Early medical descriptions before 1886

Alibert (1822) Précis thèorique et pratique des maladies de la peau. Par iii p. 317. No source found for this publication in UK, via Interlibrary Loans.

Brigidi, V. (1877 and 1881) Studii anatomopatologica sopra un uomo divenuto stranamente deforme par chronica infirmite.  Societe medico-fisica Fiorentina, 1877. Not available UK. or Arch d Scuola D'Anat Patol. Firenze,1881; 1: 63 - 94 Patry, M 1905. Acromegaly avant Pierre Marie, Thesis for Doctorate. Patry includes Brigidi's full description including illustration of base of brain showing sella turcica.

Chalk, O. (1857) Partial dislocation of the lower jaw from an enlarged tongue. Trans Path Soc Lon 1856; Lon 1857; 8 pp. 305ff.

Chevalier, TW (1827) Case 1. Aneurismal Tumour, situated between the Brain and Sella Tursica. London Medical and Physical Journal, 58 pp. 498-501

Cunningham, DJ. (1879) A large sub-arachnoid cyst involving the greater part of the parietal lobe of the brain. J Anat Phys 13 pp. 508-17.

Ellinwood, C. (1883) Osteitis deformans. San Francisco Western Lancet 5 p. 12

Friedrich, N. (1868) Hyperostoses des gesammten Skelettes. Virchow's Archiv fur Pathologische Anatomie und Physiologie ude fur Klinische Medizin 43 pp. 83-7.

Fritshce & Klebs, E. (1884) Ein beitrag zur pathologie des resisenwuchs. Klinische und pathologischanatomische untersuchungen, Leipzig.

Gall, Franz Joseph and Spurzheim, Johannes Caspar. (1818) Anatomie et physiologie du système nerveux en général et du cerveau en particulier. 1810-1819. 1818; 3 p. 30

Henrot, H. (1882) Des lésions anatomiques et de la nature du myxoedéme. Reims. Hypertrophie générale progressive. Notes de clinique méd. Reims 1877 p. 56

Lombroso, C. (1869) Merkurürdiger Fall von allgemeiner hypertrophie (Macrosomia) oder scheinbarer elephantiasis. Virchow's Archiv fur Pathologische Anatomie und Physiologie ude fur Klinische Medizin 46: 253-6. Translation Caso singloare di macrosomia. Giov Ital delle malattie venere, Milano 1868. No location UK.

Magendie, M. (1841) Leçons sur les fonctions et les maladies du systéme nerveux. Paris, i pp. 34ff

Nôel. (1779) Sur un accroisement considerable des os dans deux personne adulte. Jour de Méd, Par. 51 p. 225. Translation in Sammlung Auserlersener Abhandlungen für praktische. Aertze, xv, 541.

Rayer, P. (1823) Observations sur les maladies de l'appendice sus-sphenoidal (glande pituitaire) Arch Gén de med 3 pp. 350-67.

Saucerotte, Nicholas. (1801) Accriossement singulier en grosseur des os d'un homme âgé de 39 ans. Mélanges de Chirurgie 1 pp. 407-411. Observation communicated to Academy of Surgery in 1772 (s.Virchow Gescwülste Bd II, S.24).

Taruffi, C. (1877, 1879 and 1881) Scheletro bolognese con prospoectasia e tredici vertebre dorsali. Annali Universali di Medicina e Chirurgica, Milano. 1879; 247 pp. 339 – 88. Memorie della Reale Accad delle Sceinze dell'Instituto di Bologna 1877 Series 3, 10 pp. 63 ff.

Todd, RB. (1839) Abnormal conditions of the bones of the face. Encyclopaedia of anatomy and physiology 2 p. 219.

Verga, A. (1864) Caso singolare di prospectasia. Rendiconti del Reade Instituti di Scienze Lettre di lombardo, Milano 3 pp. 111-7. Reprint facsimilie: Belloni L. (1964) Il quadro anatomico-clinico della acromegalia descritto da Andrea Verga nel 1864. Atti della Academia Medica Lombarda 19 pp.1363-79. Translation: Nouvelle Iconographie de la Salpâtriére 1864; 1: ? - ?;

Wadsworth OF. (1885) A case of myxoedema with atrophy of the optic nerves. Boston Med Surg J 112 pp. 5-6

Weiri, Johannes. (1567) Medicarum observationumvararum liber unus. Basiliae per Jannem Oporinum MDLXVII. Translation: Weinberg SJ 1931 pp 657/8.

Mr Punch

Cruikshank G. (1881) Punch and Judy. London: George Bale & Sons. p. . with illustrations George Cruikshank and Introduction John Payne Collier.

Gourevitch D. (1963) Terres cuites Hellénistiques d’inspiration médicale au musée du Louvre. [Greek terracotta statuettes of medical inspiration in the Louvre]. La Presse Méd 71 p. 2751-2. 9 figures acromegaly, myoedeme etc. Negatives of figure 2

Holländer E. (1912) Plastik und medizin. Stuttgart: Enke. p. 351-4. Satyrspiel und Komödie, photocopy 351-4, tone figures 255/6. also Die Medizin in der Klassischen Mabrei Stutttgart, Enke, 1913, 2 aufi.

Punch. (No date) Girl in carte de visite holding doll.

Soques A. (1896) Maccus, polichinelle et l’acromégalie. Nouvelle Iconographie de la Salpetriere 9 p. 375-80.

Ransom WB. (1895) Notes on two cases of acromegaly. Br Med J i p. 1259-61. Photograph looks a bit like Mr Punch.

Palaeopathology

(NB Some to do with early atavistic theories of aetiology)

Adami JG. (1918) Medical contributions to the study of evolution. London: Duckworth & Co. p. 16. Handwritten notes

Alexanderson V. (1967) Pathology of jaws and temperomandibular joint. In: Brothwell DR Sandison AT, eds. Diseases in antiquity. London: Check publisher. p. 553-5. Not whole reference photocopied just pages as above. Mandibular micrognathia 553-5. 554 Asymmetry of jaw and face/ acromegalic.

British Museum. (1975) The Piltdown Man Hoax. London: British museum (Natural History). Palaeontology leaflet No 2.

Brothwell DR. (1982) Digging up bones: Excavation, treatment and study of human skeletal remains. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 162-3.

Burton CF. (1921) Notes of a case of acromegaly in a young soldier. J Roy Army Med Corps 37 p. 68ff. [Image page] For photograph of pronounced suprorbital ridges.

Campbell H. (1896) Acromegaly and its bearing on man’s descent. Scalpel 1 p. 7-10, 40-46.

Fawcett E. (1919-20) Report on material found at “The Cave” Bursington. Proc Spelaeological Soc p. 4-8. Univ Bristol 6/7 photocopied Notes on the human skeletal material found signs of giantism in brow ridges etc. Plates not copied as of poor quality.

Isager K. (1936) Skeletundene ved öm Kloster. Copenhagenp. 72-82. Needs translating from Danish. Need to visit.

Keith A. (1911) An inquiry into the nature of the skeletal changes in acromegaly. Lancet i p. 993-1002.

Keith A. (1931) New discoveries relating to the antiquity of man. Londonp. 483-99. Chapter 32 - The problems raised by the discovery of Homo Gardarensis.

Pederson PO. (1944) In: Bröste K Fischer-Møller K Pederson PO. The mediaeval norsemen at Gardar. Medd om Grönland 89 (3) p. 2-62. Check page numbers and chapter title for Pederson

Perkins M. (1931) Acromegaly in the far north. Nature 128 (No 3229) p. 491-2. [Text page]

Ruffer MA. (1911) On dwarfs and other deformed persons in Ancient Egypt. Bull Soc Arch Alex 13 p. 162-76.

Sandison AT Wells C. (1967) Endocrine disease. In: Brothwell DR Sandison AT, eds. Diseases in antiquity. Londonp. 522-5. Only parts on acromegaly. Number of references to early descriptions that might be acromegaly or gigantism.

Schlaginhaufen O. (1925) Die menschichen skelletreste aus der Steinzeit de Wauwilersees (Luzern) und ihre Stellubng zu andern anthropoologischen Funden aus de Steinzeit. Zurichp. 153-5. cf Sigerist (1951) A history of medicine. Ch1 Primitive and archaic medicine.

Sigerist HE (1951) A history of medicine. 1 Primitive and Archaic Medicine 564pp, New York.

Todd TW. (1914) Palaeolithic giants and dwarfs. Cleveland Med J 13 (8) p. 533-9. re; Anakim - legendary giants of hebrew mythology

Wells C. (1967) Pseudopathology. In: Brothwell DR Sandison AT, eds. Diseases in antiquity. London: pp. 5-19. Only parts on acromegaly. Number of references to early descriptions that might be acromegaly or gigantism.

Wells LH. (1969) Stature in earlier races of mankind: In Brothwell D Higgs E (eds) Science in archaelogy, 2nd ed. London. p. 453-67.

Bibliographic references

Atkinson FRB. (1932) Acromegaly. London: John Bale, Sons and Danielsson Ltd. Plate frontispiece. Bibliography 197 - 260. (All references pre- 1930)

Atkinson FRB. (1936) Acromegaly, from a study of the literature 1931-1934. Endokrinologie 17 (5) p. 308-20.

Atkinson FRB. (1938) Acromegaly, description of papers reported in 1935, 1936, 1937. Endokrinologie 20 (4) p. 245-57.

Quarterly Cumulated Index Medicus from 1938 - 1956.

National Library of Medicine. (1898) Index catalogue of the library of the Surgeon Generals Office. 2nd Series. Washington: Gov’t Printing Office. p. 130-3.

National Library of Medicine. (1918) Index catalogue of the library of the Surgeon Generals Office. Third series. Washington: Gov’t Printing Office. 1 p. 145-52.

National Library of Medicine. (1936) Index catalogue of the library of the Surgeon Generals Office. 4th Series. Washington: Gov’t Printing Office. 1 p. 129-32.

National Library of Medicine. (1961) Index catalogue of the library of the Surgeon Generals Office. 5th Series. Washington: Gov’t Printing Office. 2 p. 21.

 

 

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