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

Univ. med. Mag. (Philad.), 1, 140-50. 1888 –1889.

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

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