Observations on the various forms of superficial dermatitis : particularly erythema, eczema, psoriasis, lichen, and pityriasis rubra with cases / by P.H. Pye-Smith.

  • Pye-Smith, Philip Henry, 1840-1914.
Date:
[1881?]
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Credit: Observations on the various forms of superficial dermatitis : particularly erythema, eczema, psoriasis, lichen, and pityriasis rubra with cases / by P.H. Pye-Smith. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    No. Sex. Age. Form and distribution. Duration. Family history, &c. 33 M 35 Ordinary, chiefly Ps. gut- tata; trunk and limbs, including palms Second attack ; first at 30. 34 M 18 Ordinary, including scalp ? 35 F 39 Ordinary, very general; com- plicated with ordinary eczema, intertrigo of mam- ma3 and groins Third attack; with each,lactation. 36 M 28 Ordinary, complicated by a subsequentsyphilitic erup- tion from a hard chancre Several years; usu- ally each spring. 37 M 34 Ordinary, very general, not specially on elbows and knees From childhood; worse in spring and autumn Mother. 38 F 43 Ps. gyrata ; neck, throat, chest, and nape, down to scapulae After each deli- very, i.e. twelve times. 39 M 27 Ps. nummulata; elbows, knees, abdomen 2 months; second attack; first last summer. 40 F 21 Ordinary; elbows and knees Third attack; 5 years 41 M 20 Ordinary; extensive Fifth attack since 9 years old. 42 F 47 Ps. guttata ; both forearms First attack; 6 months 43 F 13 Ordinary; arms and legs First attack; 2 months. 44 M 40 Ordinary; limbs and scalp 4 years. 45 F 44 Ordinary ; arms and legs Third attack. 46 F 53 Ps.guttata; knee and ankle; very irritable First attack Has had gout. 47 F 14 Ps. guttata; arms, chest, back, and knees Second attack; first when 11 48 F 12 Knees and elbows Repeated; every spring. 491 2 * * M 20 General; guttata and diffuse First. 50 F 30 Elbows and knees Second; first 18 months ago Father had a “ disease of the skin.5’ 51 F 44 Arms, &c., palms, nails Several years 52 M 54 Ordinary; general Since 14 Mother had the same. 53 M 19 Ordinary First at 17 54 M 10 Ordinary First at 9 55 M 58 Elbows, hips, legs Several years 1 This patient had been previously treated for syphilis without benefit. The distribution was somewhat misleading, but he rapidly improved under arsenic. 2 While this young man was under treatment, and the eruption gradually dis- appearing under solution of arsenic, of which he was taking aivij three times a day, there suddenly occurred an acute outbreak of numberless fresh spots of
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