This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1877 Excerpt: ... only an exaggeration of the xerodermatous state; in the former there is more decided collection of scales and sebum, together with more papillary hypertrophy, producing the decided caking on the surface. The perspiratory and sebiparous functions of the skin are ill performed, hence its dry and harsh condition. The ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1877 Excerpt: ... only an exaggeration of the xerodermatous state; in the former there is more decided collection of scales and sebum, together with more papillary hypertrophy, producing the decided caking on the surface. The perspiratory and sebiparous functions of the skin are ill performed, hence its dry and harsh condition. The disease is mostly congenital, or it developes soon after birth. The microscope discloses hypertrophy of the skin, the papillse especially being enlarged and elongated and covered with very numerous strata of cuticular scales. The latter, together with sebum, make up the caked. masses. Treatment.--This disease is incurable. No remedy seems forthcoming which is of any avail against it, though the coincident debility may be remedied. Still patients may be made comparatively com fortable by bran baths aud free oiling of the surface. The caking may be got rid of by wet compresses, alkaline baths, bathing in simple baths, or rubbing in grease or glycerine. Impetigo is a pustular eczema, see Eczema. There is a specially contagious variety, see Contagious impetigo. Intertrigo, see Erythema. Iodide of Potassium, rash is of two chief kinds acneiform and bulliform. In many patients iodide of potassium excites a rash which is not distinguishable from common pustular acne, save that it is not confined to the face, but is distributed irregularly in different parts of the body. This rash may be so inflammatory as to appear ecthymatous. The drug may also excite what seems at first sight to be a true bullous eruption, in connexion with much general depression, ulceration of the tongue, and large fungatory sores originating apparently in the bullse, which often freely crust before ulceration. But these so-called bullse begin as hard, painful papulse, and are, I be...
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