Francis Xavier Dercum
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Francis Xavier Dercum (1856–1931) was an American physician who first described the disease Adiposis dolorosa (also known as Dercum's disease).[1] He was a noted neurologist and specialised in treating nervous and mental disorders.[2] He treated Ima Hogg for three years, beginning in 1918.[2]
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[edit] Works
- A Textbook on Nervous Diseases, 1895
- Rest, Mental Therapeutics, Suggestion, 1903
- Hysteria and accident compensation: Nature of Hysteria and the Lesson of the Post-Litigation Results, 1916
- A Clinical Manual of Mental Diseases, 1917
- Rest, Suggestion, and Other Therapeutic Measures in Nervous and Mental Diseases, 1917
- The Biology of the Internal Secretions, 1924
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Moi, L; Canu, C.; Mura, MN; Piludu, G & Del Giacco, GS (July–September 2005), “Dercum's disease: a case report”, Annali italiani di medicina interna: pp. 187–92, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16250185>
- ^ a b Bernhard (1984), p. 60.
[edit] References
- Bernhard, Virginia (1984). Ima Hogg: The Governor's Daughter. Austin, TX: Texas Monthly Press. ISBN 1881089916.
