Lectures on dermatology; delivered in the Royal college of surgeons of England, Jan., 1870 |
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affection appearance arsenic blotches body border cachexia centre character chronic eczema cicatrix circinate circular circumference clusters colour congestion consequence considerable constitutional copaiba corymbous crust cure cuticle DERMATOLOGY desquamation diet disks disorder dose drawing eczema elephantiasis epidermis erup eruption erysipelas erythema example exanthem exfoliation exudation fluid follicles giving rise growth half an inch hand healing herpes hyperæmia hypertrophy ichorous illustration impetigo inch in diameter infiltration inflammation instance integument iodide of potassium irritation itching latter leper lepra leprosy lesion less lichen lichen planus limb manifestation ment mercury morbid skin mucous namely nerves nutrition observation ointment oxide of zinc pain papillæ papulæ papular papulosum patches pathological patient pemphigus period pigment Plaster cast present prominent pruritus psoriasis pustules remarkable remedy rings rupia scabies scale seen similar sometimes spots stage surface swelling symptoms syphilis term thickened thigh tion tissues treatment tubercles tubercular ulceration urticaria vesicles wheals Willan
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Page 64 - ... movement of the jaws gave rise to bleeding. This is the form of eruption to which the Greeks gave the name Melitagra, from the dried honey-like appearance of the crusts. The disease quickly gave way to appropriate treatment, and the patient was finally cured by a sea- voyage.
Page 48 - Bagg. 50. Tuberculous hypertrophy of the skin with oedema. Water-colour drawing of the right thigh and knee of a woman aged 47, in whom, subsequent to oedema, the red tubercles and hyperaemia seen in the drawing were developed. Aggravation of the disease led to amputation of the limb. The tubercles bear a close resemblance to those of eczema hypertrophicum tuberosum, Nos. 48, 49. The case was published in the 'Virginia Medical Journal
Page 246 - ... of the blood leading on to a general cachexia, employed as their remedies, in addition to generous diet and cod-liver oil, small bleedings from the skin by the aid of cupping, and internally sulphate of magnesia, arsenic, tincture of cantharides, iodide of mercury; and for neuralgic pains the iodide and bromide of potassium. Locally, in pursuance of the theory of imitating nature's processes, and finding that the tubercles tended to softening and absorption, they painted the larger prominences...
Page 245 - In the TREATMENT of leprosy, the first and most natural suggestion is that of changing completely the hygienic surroundings of the patient. Change to a better climate, a more genial or more bracing air ; sufficient exercise ; exhilarating occupation and associations ; bathing and cleanliness ; and good and nutritious and sufficient food. From the earliest periods of medicine these recommendations have been proclaimed, and we find wine and serpent broth, probably a kind of turtle soup, occupying a...
Page 81 - The grand type of inflammation of the skin is elczema ; it is the commonest of the affections of the skin, occurring in the proportion of one out of every three examples of cutaneous disease; it is met with at every period of life, from early infancy to extreme old age; it presents every degree of severity and extent...
Page 64 - IMPETIGO CONFERTA. Coloured lithograph of impetigo of the face. The patient was a delicate youth, aged 17 ; he was brought up in the country, and being placed in an office in London fell into bad health ; having been on one occasion heated by exercise, he was exposed for some time to the cold ; and while labouring under the consequences of a chill, the eruption appeared upon his face at first as a small clustered spot (impetigo Jigurata], but gradually increased until it occupied the extent shown...
Page 15 - This species occurs most frequently in advanced life, and is the result of a slight inflammation of the portions of the skin affected, somewhat resembling in this respect the Psoriasis diffusa. The cuticle is at first only red and rough, but soon becomes mealy or scurfy, and exfoliates, leaving a similar red cuticle underneath, which undergoes the like process ; the scaliness becoming greater, as the exfoliation is repeated. This complaint is attended with a dry and unperspiring surface, a troublesome...
Page 147 - The old dermatologists distinguished between psydracious pustules on the surface, mere vesicles with purulent contents derived from the rete mucosum, having no scar, and phlyzacious pustules, more deeply seated in the corium, originating in a follicle, deriving pus from the connective and other tissues of the substance of the skin, and leaving a cicatrix. The furunculons affections are of the latter form.
Page 189 - Water-colour study of chronic ulcerative syphilis; the disease occupies the side of the knee, and is partly cicatricial and partly ulcerative, the ulcers being coated over with thick black crusts, from beneath one of which is seen exuding a drop of sanguineous fluid. The cicatricial portion of the patch is depressed into shallow pits corresponding with preexisting ulcers, is extensively foveolated, and is discoloured by the deep red-brown or copper colour characteristic of syphilis. The pigmented...
Page 251 - ... application may be made to the affected skin until the tubercles cease to be formed, and until the integument has regained its natural texture and sensation. " It has seemed to me that the exudative process set up by the oleum anacardii is not merely local in its operation, but that it performs the office of general derivative or general emunctory to the whole organism ; that in fact, it represents the copious and continuous discharges which I have already spoken of as flowing from deep-seated...