Physical diagnosis : a guide to methods of clinical investigation / by G.A. Gibson and William Russell.
- George Alexander Gibson
- Date:
- 1893
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Physical diagnosis : a guide to methods of clinical investigation / by G.A. Gibson and William Russell. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![become tMck and hard from serous infiltration, becoming not at all unlike chronic eczema. In the two first-named varieties of ringworm the hairs should be carefully examined under the microscope, and this should also be done with the scales in ringworm of the body. The hairs and scales should be soaked for a short time in Fio. S.—Tnc]iox)liyton tonsurans. diluted liquor potasste before examination, in order to render the recognition of the parasite possible. It appears as mycelium and spores, the former being in the form of long slender filaments which are jointed; the latter are small and round. This is shown in Fig. 8. Tinea versicolor is caused by the growth of a parasite called Microsporon furfur in the skin. It occurs in the form of raised patches of irregular shape, which vary in colour](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b20387088_0063.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
