DERMATOLOGIC MANIFESTATIONS OF MONGOLISM

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THE INCIDENCE of Mongolism is greater than is commonly realized. Beidleman reported 3.4 Mongoloid births per 1,000 births at the Lying-in Hospital in Boston. Benda estimated that in 1943 there were at least 60,000 Mongoloid persons in the United States. The term "Mongolism" used for these patients refers to their superficial resemblance, at an early age, to the Mongolian race. Benda believes that Mongolism is the opposite of acromegaly and hence is due to hypopituitarism, but not all authorities accept this theory. The Mongoloid person has certain physical deviations which distinguish him in appearance from normal persons, yet these same defects make all Mongoloids resemble each other. These characteristics are not a result of mental deficiency, but are evidence of an actual essential growth disorder involving the entire skeletal system. Among the major deviations is that of the skull, which in Mongoloids is rounded, so that the

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