Volume 2

Eruptions of the face, head, and hands: with the latest improvements in the treatment of diseases of the skin ... / By T.H. Burgess.

  • Burgess, Thomas H. (Thomas Henry), -1865
Date:
1849
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Eruptions of the face, head, and hands: with the latest improvements in the treatment of diseases of the skin ... / By T.H. Burgess. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    dilection for certain regions, and the characters of the disease will vary, often so as to give an idea of a totally different complaint, according to the region in which it is developed. We know, for example, that the itch never attacks the Face, nor lupus the Hands, ‘and that eczema or impetigo have a very different appearance on the Head from that which they present when developed on parts not covered by hair. Mo- dification in the structure of the skin will cause these variations. As the study of anatomy is greatly facilitated by dividing the body into regions, and describing the regional pathology of those parts, so it occurred to me that a knowledge of the pathology of the skin might be equally facilitated by dividing the cutaneous sur- face in a similar manner, and describing the diseases of each region separately. Take the Face, for ‘example: there we find several eruptions almost confined to that part, as lupus, acne, sycosis. The two former appear, in nine cases out of ten, upon the Face, and the latter is altogether peculiar to that region; besides, the various other eruptions which occur there present many characters that are totally dif- ferent from those which accompany them on other parts of the body. Thus, instead of wading through a mass
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