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Credit: On ringworm and its management / by Tilbury Fox. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![eight, show a natural dislike to fat; but in children affected by ring'worm, avoidance of this article of diet is s])ecially marked. I am sure that the avoid- ance of fatty matter in diet, or its non-assimilation in the form of milk, fat of meat of all kinds, and the like, has a potent influence in leading- to the develop- ment of a condition of nutrition which is favourable to the occurrence of obstinate ringworm. In the treatment of ringworm, whilst I lay much stress on the prescription of suitable medicinal remedies in particular cases, I insist very strongly upon the use of cod-liver oil, with as much other fatty matter in the diet as the child can take. In many cases this alteration of diet is at once followed by an improve- ment in the character of the disease. There are no doubt apparent exceptions to the rule above stated, but in such cases it will often be dis- covered that although fat in moderation may be taken, it is not assimilated; and this leads me to remark that when fatty matter is prescribed by the physician, even where it can be borne, which is some- times the case, it may fail to do good for the same reason. Special attention must then be paid to the intimate digestive operations within. There are few medical practitioners who could not recall at once to memory the cases of certain children who have given them infinite trouble, and who, although not markedly phthisical or strumous in diathesis, were weak, pallid, uudergrown, semi-feverish, and described by their](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21952279_0030.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
