Treatise on diseases of the skin

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W.B. Saunders Company, 1902 - 1115 pages
 

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Page 450 - ... that they are not umbilicated, except by desiccation beginning in their centers; that they run their course to the formation of crusts in two to four days; that the crusts are thin, brown and friable, and when they have fallen off, red instead of pigmented spots remain; and that but few ,of the lesions are followed by permanent scars. ' "By way of contrast I would say that the exanthem of smallpox first appears in the form of papules, .which...
Page 524 - examples of a persistence of the epitrichial layer, which has usually been cast off by the seventh fetal month, but in these instances maintained its integrity up to the time of birth, when it enveloped the infants like a distinct membrane, such as is found in certain animals.
Page 450 - ... red instead of pigmented spots remain; and that but few of the lesions are followed by permanent scars. By way of contrast I would say that the exanthem of small-pox first appears in the form of papules, which are firm and dense to the touch, feeling somewhat like grains of sand buried in the skin; that they usually appear first on the face, and then on other parts of the body; that the papules slowly develop into vesicles with turbid or milky contents; that the vesicles in well-marked cases...
Page 450 - ... cases must be made from the appearance and behavior of the exanthem alone. It is important to bear in mind the following facts: That the lesions of varicella make their appearance as distinct vesicles 'containing .perfectly clear serum; that they are usually seen first 'on parts of the body which are Covered with clothing, and especially on the back, where they are apt to be most abundant; that they make their appearance in successive crops, and may be seen in every stage of development; that...
Page 240 - Eczema is an inflammatory, acute or chronic, non-contagious disease of the skin, characterized at its commencement by erythema, papules, vesicles, or pustules, or a combination of these lesions, accompanied by more or less infiltration and itching, terminating either in discharge with the formation of crusts or in desquamation.
Page 3 - This book presents the practical part of the science of dermatology in a sufficiently full and complete manner to make the work one that will give the general practitioner a clear comprehension of the symptomatology, diagnosis and treatment of the various affections with which he is most likely to come in contact.
Page 544 - ... on dermatology, yet we know really nothing of the essential causes, and the data are not yet at hand upon which a satisfactory theory can be based. The disease is variously regarded as a tropho-neurosis dependent upon changes in the nervous system ; a perversion of nutrition analogous to myxcedema, due to disturbance of the thyroid function ; a sclerosis following widespread endarteritis.
Page 240 - an acute, subacute, or chronic inflammatory disease, characterized in the beginning by the appearance of erythema, papules, vesicles, or pustules, or a combination of these lesions, with a variable amount of infiltration and thickening terminating either in discharge with the formation of crusts, in absorption, or in desquamation, and accompanied by more or less intense itching and a feeling of heat or burning.
Page 329 - ... disease is usually a descending acute neuritis, provoked by various causes. The process has its beginning frequently, if not always, in the ganglionic system in the cervical or spinal ganglia, finally reaching the terminal branches, with a production of the cutaneous phenomena. While it is true that ganglia are found affected in most cases, yet investigations have also demonstrated that the pathologic process may have its seat along the course of the nerve, and moreover, that it may take its...

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