hyperostoses

Updated: March 10, 2026

The cases studied by Virchow were diffuse hyperostoses of the cranium. Starr describes what he supposes to be a case of this disease, and proposes the title megalocephaly as preferable to Virchow's term, because the soft parts are also included in the hypertrophic process.

George M. (George Milbrey) Gould - Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine