Diseases of the skin : a handbook for students and practitioners.

  • Walsh, David
Date:
1913
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Credit: Diseases of the skin : a handbook for students and practitioners. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Gerstein Science Information Centre at the University of Toronto, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Gerstein Science Information Centre, University of Toronto.

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    Diagnosis.—Ordinary urticaria is a well-marked malady, readily recognized by the sudden appearance and disappear- ice of the wheals, their wide distribution, and their intense tching and burning. It is not always easy, however, to liagnose the condition when a patient is seen after the wheals lave disappeared. The atypical papular or nodular forms lay be confused with erythema, and the bullous with pem- )higus. Urticaria of the face is most often confused with Fig. I.—Epidermolysis] Bullosa ^Congenital) Twenty-Five. (Dr. Norman Meachen's case.) Female, aged erysipelas. In the latter there is less oedema, the redness is lore marked, and has a well-defined spreading edge, while [the constitutional disturbance is greater. Treatment.—^The first indication is to discover and remove Lthe cause. An emetic and a sharp saline aperient may be leeded, followed by salicylate of soda and milk diet. Locally, sponge with weak vinegar and water or mild carboHc lotions. Menthol or chloral ointment (i drachm to the ounce of benozated lard) is often efficacious. In chronic malarial 4
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