A sebaceous cyst containing a coil of hair consisting of two hairs, each several inches in length / by Henry W. Stelwagon.

  • Henry Weightman Stelwagon
Date:
[1885]
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Credit: A sebaceous cyst containing a coil of hair consisting of two hairs, each several inches in length / by Henry W. Stelwagon. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A SEBACEOUS CYST CONTAINING A COIL OF HAIR CONSISTING OF TWO HAIRS, EACH SEVERAL INCHES IN LENGTH.* BY HENRY W. STELWAGON, M. D., Physician-in-charge of the Philadelphia Dispensary for Skin Dis¬ eases and of the Service lor Diseases of the Skin, Northern Dispen¬ sary; one ot the Attending Physicians to the Department for Diseases of the Skin, Howard Hospital, EBACEOUS cysts containing fragments of hair w are, it is true, not uncommon. Such cases have from time to time received passing notice from different observers, and are also incidentally men¬ tioned in almost every text-book which treats of these tumors. Examples of this kind have come under my personal observation in the past few years, The hairs in these instances are usually found to be small and atrophied. The case under immediate notice was in this particular, however, decidedly curious, if not extraordinary. The cyst occurred in a medical gentleman, and the history of the case may be briefly sketched as follows : About two years ago, in casually scratching the face, he noticed a small nodule at the point where the facial artery crosses the jaw. It appeared simply as a small indurated acne papule. As the parts were covered with a beard, and as the nodule consequently could not be seen, the attention given it was merely accidental. After a few months it ^Reprinted from the Philadelphia Medical Times, March 24,1885.