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

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    “ This is one of the miseries of a tropical “ climate and a most unmanageable one it is. From mosquitoes, cockroaclies, ants, and “ numerous other tribes of depredators on ‘‘ our personal property, we have some de- “ fence by night, and in general a respite by “ day ; but this unwelcome guest assails us “ at all, and particularly the most unreason- “ able hours. ]\Iany a time have I been “ forced to spring from table, and abandon “ the repast, which I had scarcely touched, “ to walk about in the open air, for a quarter “ of an hour ; and often have I returned to “ the charge with no better success against my ignoble opjwnent. The night affords ‘‘ no asylum. For some weeks after arriving “ in India, I seldom could obtain more than “ an hour’s sleep at one time, before I was “ compelled to quit my couch, with no small “ precipitation, and if there were any “ water at hand, to sluice it over me, for “ the purpose of allaying the inexpressible “ irritation. The sensations arising from “ prickly heat are perfectly indescribable, ‘‘ being com])ounded of pricking, itcbing, tingling, and many other leelings, for