over, the situation is further confused because much of the treatment of these patients is
carried on by orthopedic surgeons. Thus two specialties, each from its own too narrow point …

THE MUSCULAR dystrophies may have a history dating back many centuries. Pöch and
Becker 1 suggested that one of the ancient Egyptian sculptures (around 1500 BC) …

The general symposium has been divided into two broad categories, namely:(1) clinical and
genetic studies, and (2) pathogenesis and current trends in research. Various nonskeletal …

In 1879 William Gowers, the eminent British neurologist, painted a remarkably lucid word
picture of Duchenne muscular dystrophy in his series of lectures on pseudohypertrophic …

ABIOTROPHY of skeletal muscle—that is, degeneration and atrophy after a latent period of
apparently normal development and function—is the most obvious common denominator in …

MORE than twelve years have passed since one (Sachs) of the present writers discussed
the subject of progressive muscular atrophy before the American Neurological Association …

The muscular dystrophies are a group of genetically determined myopathic diseases. The
principal feature is progressive weakness that chiefly involves the proximal musculature of …

Without going into details, one has to admit, that there is rarely a collection of papers in this
form, dealing on one hand with this special topic and showing on the other hand the variety …

While there are many references to skeletal deformities (anomalies of size and shape of the
skull, funnel-shaped chest, kyphoscoliosis and deformities of the pelvis and foot 1) in the …

IN the classification of primary myopathies, the difficulties have been greatly increased by
the description of forms depending upon the situation of the atrophy. Varieties of the same …