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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    fifteen years for the full development of the disease. The cause is unknown, though traumatism probably plays a part. The process is one of progressive degeneration and destruction of all the elements of the toe—skin, muscles, bone. In its early stage a deep incision perpendicular to the direction of the furrow may check its course. Later, amputation is requii'ed for the cure, and healing takes place rapidly. Albinism. See Leucoderma. Aleppo Boil, Aleppo Bouton, or Aleppo Evil, is an ill-de- fined furuncular disease occurring in Syria and the Levant, where it is endemic and widespread. One or more red papules ap])ear that change into pea- or bean-sized ]ms- tules, grow slowly, and ulcerate indolently. Large ulcer- ating, grannlating patches may form. Healing takes place after many months. In uncomplicated cases the prognosis is good. The extremities and face are the parts most often atfected. All ages and conditions contract the disease. One attack usually protects against subsequent infection. Painting the papnles with tincture of iodine is recommended, as is scraping out the pustules with the curette and applying nitric acid. Ulcers are to be treated on surgical principles. Algidite Progressive. See Sclerema neonatorum. Algor Progressivus. See Sclerema neonatorum. Alopecia. Synonyms: Calvities; (Fr.) Alopecie; (Ger.) Kahlheit; (Ital.) Calvezza; (Sp.) Galvez ; Baldness. By alopecia is meant a partial or general loss of the hair, so as to produce a noticeable thinning or a bare spot. There are four main varieties, namely : Alopecia adnata; Alopecia senilis; Alopecia prsematura or prsesenilis; and Alopecia areata. Alopecia Adnata is congenital baldness, and is a rare afPection. Symptoms. The newborn child is covered with long, dark hair Avhich soon falls to give place to fine lanugo hairs; or this change has taken place before birth, the
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