An Interactive Annotated World Bibliography of Printed and Digital Works in the History of Medicine and the Life Sciences from Circa 2000 BCE to 2024 by Fielding H. Garrison (1870-1935), Leslie T. Morton (1907-2004), and Jeremy M. Norman (1945- ) Traditionally Known as “Garrison-Morton”

16061 entries, 14144 authors and 1947 subjects. Updated: December 10, 2024

DERCUM, Francis Xavier

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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”).



Subjects: Metabolism & Metabolic Disorders