The condition that forms the subject of this paper can hardly be referred to as a distinct disease entity, yet it presents such a definite clinical picture, with more or less uniform pathologic findings, that it justifies classifying it as a disease state of special clinical significance.
Its nomenclature is influenced to a certain extent by the age in which the condition is observed, and by the predominance of certain clinical and pathologic features, yet as a whole the terms status thymicus, status lymphaticus, lymphatism and status thymolymphaticus are more or less synonymous. The reference further to the instances of mors thymica and thymic asthma are also closely related to this same condition.
Status thymolymphaticus is peculiar to children, but is also observed in the adult, and is characterized by a hyperplasia of the lymphatic tissues and of the thymus in association with a flabby, fat overgrowth of the body,