An epitome of infantile diseases, with their causes, symptoms, and method of cure ... / Translated ... by J. Smyth.

  • William Heberden the Younger
Date:
1805
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Credit: An epitome of infantile diseases, with their causes, symptoms, and method of cure ... / Translated ... by J. Smyth. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    of inflammation, and sometimes they ulcerate. The pain from them is not very great, but the itching intolerable. When they arise from cold, they ought above all things to be guarded from it. Many rub them with Cam¬ phorated Spirit, with Soap Liniment; others, and I think with more propriety, apply something as the Cerate of Lapis Calami- naris, the Soap Cerate, or the Plaster of Ly- tharge, spread upon linen or thin leather ; and these may be used even after they are become ulcerated. Sometimes it is necessary to apply Poultices. Would Electricity be useful in case of ulcers ? CHAPTER LV. Of the Scales or the Scald Head. The Scales or Scald Head is a disease in which little scales or scabs, as it were, arise among the hairs, attended with itching and a loss of hair. It occurs sometimes without ulcers, and sometimes is accompanied with ulcers. Sometimes it extends itself, until the whole head is covered with a filthy scab. It is contagious, and most easily diffuses itself
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