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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    “ On taking off liis garments his shirt ^vas “ distinctly wet with sweat, although he had “ chanp’ed it twice durino' the day.” O o ^ “ His skin is of a salmon-red colour, and “ there is a smell of decomposing matter, like “ a horse’s hoof, about him.” “ I can roll up masses of e] )idermis like one “ sees in such situations as the sole of the “ foot or between the toes.” “ He has imder his skin, especially where “ he says it itches the most, i.c., between his “ shoulders and on the front of the sternum, “ masses about the size of })eas, only flattened, “ which are movable and white. The limbs “ are hairless.” “ He has great enlargement of the parotid, “ cervical, axillary, inter-costal, and inguinal “ glands. These glands are dense, painless, and look like potatoes under the skin. The “ natural depressions and elevations of the “ skin are mucli exaggerated. This condition “ is most intensified on his hands, knees, and “ elbows.” “ The nails are Iflack, lustreless, and dee})ly “ furrowed.” “ He has deep rhagades of his hands.”