Synopsis of lectures on diseases of the skin / by Robert John Garden.
- Garden, Robert John.
- Date:
- 1889
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Synopsis of lectures on diseases of the skin / by Robert John Garden. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![[Sheet 7.] Ophthalmia may occur as complications. The fluid exuded is inoculable, and gives rise to Impetigo Contagiosa (q.v) Diagnosis—Presents no difficulty as the lice or their nits are easily seen. Treatment—Attention to cleanliness. Cutting hair. Germicides. Petroleum, Carbolic Acid Stavesacre, &c. 2. Pediculus Corporis s. vestimenti. Has its habitat on the clothes, and differs from the last variety in being larger. According to the length of time it has been present and the natural irritability of the skin, it gives rise to excoriations, inflammation, pustules, crusts, boils, abscesses, with enlarged glands and thickening with marked pigmentations (often called Prurigo). It may be combined with Urticaria. Localisation—The eruption is usually most marked on the chest, between the shoulder blades and on the buttocks. Question of Morbus pediculosus. In certain individuals the skin seems to form a much better breeding ground for pediculi than in others, and on these they fix with great readiness, and multiply with extreme rapidity. Diagnosis is easy, as the parasites or their ova are seen on the clothes. Treatment—Bath. Washing and disinfecting of clothes. The skin is to be treated as for Eczema. 3. Pediculus pubis (Syn: Phthirius inguinalis, Morpion, Crabs) differs from the other varieties in being smaller, rounder, more crab looking. It remains attached to a hair, fixing itself to the shaft by](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b20385778_0081.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
