Notes on the treatment of skin diseases / by Robert Liveing.

Date:
1877
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    Bromidrosu (Bpu/xos, a stench ; lSp<is, sweat). Foetid perspiration. Synonym, Osmidrosis. 1. Bromidrosis umversalis. Under this head, Hebra says, are to be reckoned those cases in which there arises from the surface of the skin a foetid ex- halation, of whicli we cannot indicate the special source, the patient being in other respects healthy. 2. Bromidrosis localis. This especially affects the genital organs, the perineum, feet, toes, and axillae. In the treatment of this disease, frequent starch and zinc powdering will be found useful. See also Hebra's ' Skin Diseases,' vol. i. p. 89 (Sydenham Society). Biicnemia (fiov-, augmentative; Kvijur], leg). Bulky leg. Syn. Ba/rhadoes Leg. Bulla (a water-bubble). An elevation of the epidermis, <!ontaining in its interior a transparent or yellow fluid ; it is distingxiished from a vesicle by its lai-ger size. Chloasma (x^od^u, to be pale green). Usually a synonym for Tinea or Pityriasis versicolor, but used by Hebra to signify pale pigmentary colorations. CiHffulim, a girdle. Applied to Herpes Zoster or Shingles. Ciiidoses (kj'i'Sij, a nettle). Nettle-rash. Comedones {comedo, a glutton). A term applied to the <;oncreted secretion of the sebaceous glands. It may be squeezed out by pressure of the fingers, in the form of a little cylinder which has acquired the popular designation of worm or grub. Crusta lactea (milk crust). A term formerly applied to a variety of Eczema of the face in children. Cru^s are formed by the drying up of fluids exuded on the surface of the skin. Their thickness, colour, and ge- neral appearance depend on the nature and quantity of the exuded material. Thus serous fluid dries into thin