Lectures on acne, acne rosacea, lichen and prurigo / by Tom Robinson, Physician to St. John's Hospital for Skin Diseases.

  • Robinson, Tom
Date:
1884
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    ’,v l^ubliccfions. Pr)oi'.<-<or to the FavnUij of ^T77^Ffm <i>f' Fftna, (iiid J*lij/sici(ui. to the LoinriiK: Ifospi/at. Syphilis; its Morbid Anatomy, Diagnosis AND Tkeatmkxt. 'riiinslutc'd with notes and addi- tions. by J. IIkxkv ('. SiMKs. m.d., J)cinonstrator of Patholoj;ical Ilistolo';y in the rniversity of Pennsyl- vania, and J. WiLi.tA>[ W'triTK, m.J)., la'ctiirer on Venereal Diseases and Demonstrator of Sniyery in tlie llniversity of Pennsylvaiua. In one handsome oetavo volume of about 150 pages, with 90 reri/ elahordtc illastrafiunft. l>Ss. “'Plus xoluinc consists of !i series of lectures deliveretl by Trofessoi' (.'ornil in the spring ninl suininer of IbTS in the bour- cine Hospital. The original form of lectures lias been changed into chajiters in the present issue, and a large amount of aihii- tioual matter has, with tlie. consent of tlie author, lieen inserted liy the translator.s. d'liese iutei'iiolations deal mainly with the clinical aspects of the disease, and contain much valualde and well-digested material. “Of the sc-ries of researches contained in the ])resent N\oi-k it is needless to say that tliey arc wortliy of the high re|)utation the author has gained in other branches of pathological anatomy. 'I'hc volume dill'ers in one rcs[)ect from the many excellent trea- tises on the subject which have apjieared in recent years both in this country, in I’’’ranee, and in .America, and supplies atleficiency in the bibliography of the aIVcetion by giving especial iirominence to its minute anatomy. 'I’hc histology of the various lesions, from the initial chancre to the gumma, including the mucous patch, hte superficial and deep I'Utancous syphihdes, the osseous and visceral ailections, is minutely described and tigured, and M. (.'ornil has added ne^\■ observatioius of his o\\ n. His microsco- pical sections weie, as far as pos.sible, made fiom [lortions of tissue removeil during life, so as to eliminate a)>|>earances due to post-mortem change ; and excellent drawings of the chief lesions are scattered throughout tlie volume. \W can strongly recom- mend this work to all who are interested in the study of the inti- mate ])athology of syphilis.”—Mediad 'J'inirx and (laZi ttt, “ 'I'he multiform cutaneous manifestations of the disease, are dealt with histologically in a masterly w.ay—as we should indeed ex])ect them to be—and the acconnianying illustrations aix' executed carefully and w ell. “ 'riie anatomy, the histology, the pathology, and the clinical features of syphilis arc represented in this work in their best, most practical, and most instructive form ; and no one %\ ill rise from its perusal, without the feeling that his grasp of the wide and imiiortant .subject on which he treats is a stronger and surer one.—Fniriill(»i(u\ .lanuarv, 188.‘5.