Francis Xavier Dercum

Francis X. Dercum

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]

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

Footnotes

1. ^ Moi, L; Canu, C.; Mura, MN; Piludu, G; Del Giacco, GS; Del Giacco, GS (July–September 2005). "Dercum's disease: a case report". Annali italiani di medicina interna 20 (3): 187–91. PMID 16250185. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Bernhard (1984), p. 60.

References

• Bernhard, Virginia (1984). Ima Hogg: The Governor's Daughter. Austin, TX: Texas Monthly Press. ISBN 1881089916. 

External links

• The Dercum Society at www.dercumsociety.com

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Name	Dercum, Francis Xavier
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Date of birth	1856
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Date of death	1931
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