Volume 1

A practical treatise on diseases of the scalp / By John E. Erichsen.

  • John Eric Erichsen
Date:
1842
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Credit: A practical treatise on diseases of the scalp / By John E. Erichsen. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    in those orders to which their elementary charac- ters point them out as belonging, I have, in the present treatise, discarded all specific names, and have arranged them in accordance with these cha- racters. I have also endeavoured to direct the attention of the reader more particularly to their differential diagnosis, which is the only sure guide to a safe and rational treatment. The treatment recommended is such as I have had frequent occasion to adopt, or to have seen put in practice by others, and: it has been my endeavour to lay down the indications to be fulfilled for its proper accomplishment, in as concise and clear a manner as possible; and I trust that I have shown that these affections, which have been for ages | looked upon as the peculiar province of the em- piric, are as amenable as any others to a rational practice. I have prefaced the description of the individual diseases by an Historical Introduction, in which 1 have endeavoured to trace the progress of the history of the affections of the scalp down to the present time; more particularly with the view of defining with accuracy the terms employed by the ancients. I have avoided introducing the details of individual cases, as they appear to me to be of but little use in illustrating a class of diseases, which,
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