The Clinical Symptoms and Treatment of Chronic Subcutaneous Fibrosis.

or sharp and stabbing, was present in some of the swellings. Occasionally very severe paroxysms of pain occurred, and these were coincident with temporary swelling and hardening of the fat masses. The fat was not evenly deposited, but felt lumpy, lobulated, or like bundles of worms. Certain nervous symptoms were also described as characteristic, these being chiefly diminu. tion of cutaneous sensibility in patches, motor weakness,