The ready reference handbook of diseases of the skin / By George Thomas Jackson, ... With 99 illustrations and 4 plates.

Date:
1906
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Credit: The ready reference handbook of diseases of the skin / By George Thomas Jackson, ... With 99 illustrations and 4 plates. 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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    lasting many months. Histologically the papules are composed of granulation tissue rich in epithelioid giant cells. Diagnosis. It is distinguished from a tuberculide by the more rapid course of the lesions, by its histological features, by the absence of bacilli, and reaction to tuberculin. From lupus foUicularis it is diagnosed by tbe presence of pustules, by its histology, and by occurring elsewhere than on the face. It is probably the same as acnitis. Acne Tuberculoide. See Molluscum contagiosum. Acne Ulcereuse. See Acne necrotica. Acne Urticata is the name given by Kaposi to a chronic, itching disease occurring on the face, scalp, hands, and, usually, on the extensor surfaces of the extremities. It begins as an acute eru])tion of bean or larger sized, pale- red, very hard, wheal-like elevations which within a few hours to four days undergo involution. They are usually scratched aud broken. They leave flat, brown, cicatricial stripes corresponding to the scratches. The itching is so severe as to interfere with sleeping. There seems to be no good reason for regarding this as a distinct disease. It is really a form of urticaria. Acne Varioliformis. See Molluscum contagiosum and Acne necrotica. Acnitis. See Acne agminata, acne necrotica, acne telan- giectodes, and granuloma necrotica. It has not yet made for itself a definite place. Acrochordon. See Fibroma. Acrodermatitis Perstans. Tliis disease was first described by Hallopeau. It always begins upon the ends of the fingers as more or less extensive flattened pustules deep in the epidermis. Over them the epidermis exfoliates, and at last an eroded surface is left. In some cases a whit- low precedes them, in some an injury, but many come spontaneously. The nails are involved in whole or in part. At last the ends of the fingers become shrunken, loose their
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