A practical treatise on porrigo, or scalled head, and on impetigo, the humid or running tetter : with coloured engravings illustrative of the diseases / by Robert Willan ; edited by Ashby Smith.

Date:
1814
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Credit: A practical treatise on porrigo, or scalled head, and on impetigo, the humid or running tetter : with coloured engravings illustrative of the diseases / by Robert Willan ; edited by Ashby Smith. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    Children, from the ages of one to five years, are most liable to the Porrigo favosa on the face. In almost everv case, the eruption is attended 'vvitli a discharge from behind, or from Muthin the ears, with swelling and hardness of the upper lip; with enlargement, and often ulceration of the glands, about the neck or throat: and with inflammation of the eyes, or obstinate ulcerations of the ciliary glands. These appearances take place in the order above stated, though with a few exceptions. The times in which they occur, vary, in different instances, from two or three weeks, to two months; and therefore the whole duration of the complaint is rendered very uncertain. Adults are occasionally affected Avith this form of the Porrigo. The eruption is usually preceded by pains of the stomach, or pains of the head, with giddiness, and general debility. The pustules appear round the mouth and eyes, and on the ears, but more particularly on the cheeks, Avhere they are large, numerous, and much inflamed at the base. In a feAV days, they become confluent, break, and discharge a great quantity of clear, A'iscid matter, which concretes into thick, irregular masses of yellow scab, encrusting nearly the whole face. In some cases, the eruption is confined to the surface on which the beard grows. The pain and inflam- mation attending the pustules, render the operation of shaving almost impracticable. 3. The Porrigo favosa affects the trunk of the body, and the extremities, as well as the face and scalp. It sometimes appears on the arms, back, thighs, ancles, and feet, in distinct blotches,
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