A contagious cutaneous inflammation caused by the bite of the mite SARCOPTES SCABIEI. It is characterized by pruritic papular eruptions and burrows and affects primarily the axillae, elbows, wrists, and genitalia, although it can spread to cover the entire body.
    

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Twenty four maladies and their remedies. Coloured line block by F. Laguillermie and Rainaud, ca. 1880.

Prurisedine.

The scabies mite as a danger to soldiers. Colour lithograph after A. Games, 1942.

Pubic lice and scabies / FPA, NHS.

Scabies in colonial America / by Reuben Friedman.

The story of scabies - IV : At-Tabari discoverer of the Acarus Scabiei / Reuben Friedman.

A letter from an apothecary in London, to his friend in the country, concerning the present practice of physick : in regard to empiricks, empirical methods of cure, and nostrums. With remarks on Dr. Mead's, Mr. Freke's, and Mr. Cheselden's method of cure for the itch, by externals only ... Also some observations upon manna ... with remarks on Dr. Mead's certain cure for the bite of a mad dog.

Scabies

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Pubic lice and scabies / FPA, NHS.

Scabies in colonial America / by Reuben Friedman.

The story of scabies - IV : At-Tabari discoverer of the Acarus Scabiei / Reuben Friedman.

Prurisedine.