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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    “ He lias ectropium of his lower eyelids.” •• His skin is not in the least scaly, neither “ does it weep like eczema.” “ When he stands in my room he keeps “ shivering and scratching himself.” Can we doubt this is a case of eczema ? Let me pass on to another case. W. R. G., set. 45, is without any known iidierited tendency to skin disease. He is subject to attacks of spasmodic asthma. Three years ago he had skin disease on the hexors of elbows and knees. This was cured, hut returned eight months ago. Inspection.—His trunk is free from any diseased conditions. On both his arms, but only on the outer side, he has a mixed rash composed of scratched papulae, lichen spots, hypertrophied skin structures, and pigment. The hypertrophy is most marked at the bend of the elbow. A similar ])ut much exaggerated condition artects both his legs. There are very few hairs on the posterior, anterior, or external surfaces of legs, and in these positions the hairs can be seen in some instances broken oft* short; in others just