Atrophic diseases

Atrophic diseases, including general wasting and senile atrophy, and local or linear atrophy, which will be incidentally noticed together with morphoea.

Hypertrophic Affections
We will first deal in detail with hypertrophic affections. It will be understood that no reference is made in this chapter to secondary or accidental hypertrophy - the consequence of congestion or inflammatory conditions, but to those diseases in which hypertrophy is the prominent or only condition.