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. 1916;9(Electro Ther Sect):95–96. doi: 10.1177/003591571600900416
Case of Leontiasis Ossia 1
Reginald Morton
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The following note from the “Practitioner's Encyclopædia” (General Medicine), p. 308, is of interest: “Leontiasis ossia, a much rarer disease, affecting the bones of the skull and sometimes of the face. Owing to the increase in size of the skull, notably of the forehead and upper facial bones, a suggestion of leonine aspect may be acquired. Optic atrophy may occur as a result of the overgrowth of the bones at the back of the orbit. A famous instance of this disease was the `elephant man,' who died in the London Hospital after living there some years. His skull is preserved in the Hospital museum.”
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