On the nature, causes, statistics, and treatment of erysipelas / by Peter Hinckes Bird.
- Peter Hinckes Bird
- Date:
- [1858?]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: On the nature, causes, statistics, and treatment of erysipelas / by Peter Hinckes Bird. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.
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![most frequently appears, it is necessary to separate idiopathic from traumatic cases ; of the former, twenty-nine, it appeared : Men. Women. In the face 13 . 9 In the upper extremity 1.3 In the lower extremity 2.1 Thus, according to Fenger, simple idiopathic erysipelas much more frequently attacked the face; but, contrary to my own observations, more frequently in men than women. The following is the result as regards traumatic erysipelas: Head: Men. Women. Total. Face .... .... 23 . 12 . 35 ] Aural Region .... 4 . 6 . 10 r67 Scalp .... Trunk: .... 14 . 18 . 22 y Neck .... .... 3 . 3 . 6\ Breast.... . 25 . 25 Rest of chest .... 1 . 2 . 3 Abdomen .... 1 . 1 . 2 44 Back .... .... 1 . 1 . 2 Nates .... .... 1 . 4 . 5 Genitals . . . . . . . — . 1 . ij Upper extremity: Axilla . 1 . 4 . Arm . 6 . 2 . Elbow . 1 . 3 . Forearm . 2 . 3 . 5 Hand . . 9 . 9 . 18 Fingers 2 . 2 ower extremity: Groin , . 13 . 3 . 16> Thigh . . 2 . 2 . 4 Knee . . 4 . 4 . 8 V Leg ...... . . 11 . 4 . 15 F oot . . 3 . 3 . 6 Toes 1 . 1 The face, therefore, and the other parts of the head appear more liable than the rest of tlie body, but not to such an extent as is observed in simple idiopathic erysipelas ; in the face (as in my own recorded observations), more cases occurred in men than in women: and it is worthy of remark how, in the latter, cases alFecting the breast](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22330938_0024.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
