The Amazing Language of Medicine by Robert B. Taylor

Author:Robert B. Taylor
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Springer International Publishing

Elephants, Serpents, and Fish

The elephant disease , also called elephantiasis tropica or lymphatic filariasis , is a chronic disease seen in tropical areas in which the patient’s lymphatic channels become blocked by infection with mosquito-borne parasitic roundworms. In time the extremities, especially the legs and feet, come to resemble those of elephants (Fig. 6.6). The genitalia may be involved. Most common in Africa and Asia, more than 100 million persons worldwide are infected with the disease.

Fig. 6.6Clinical portrait (artotype) of elephantiasis by the photographer O. G. Mason; published in: Fox GH. Photographic Illustrations of Skin Diseases. New York: EB Treat; 1880. Public Domain. https://​commons.​wikimedia.​org/​wiki/​File:​Elephanti.​jpg

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