An Introduction to the Study of Diseases of the Skin (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: ECZEMA1 AND COMMON SUPERFICIAL DERMATITIS. Definition Willan's Hebra's Its distinction from other forms of dermatitis Histology Anatomical lesions Course Distribution and local varieties. General symptoms Etiology Diagnosis Prognosis General treatment Local applications; ointments, lotions, and powders Diet and regimen, baths, etc. Internal remedies Special treatment of local varieties Aberrant or spurious forms of eczema Impetigo Its relation to eczema to pediculi to contagion Its prognosis and treatment. By far the most important of diseases of the skin, and one of the most important of all diseases which do not shorten life, from its frequency, its obstinancy, and the misery it occasions, is the affection now universally known as eczema (j, ta), the " outbreak " or " eruption," as the Greek physicians called it. In its commonest form it is familiar to the profession and the public, and cannot escape instant recognition, but under many circumstances it is difficult to diagnose, and opinions have differed widely as to its pathology, its definition, and the extent to which dermatoses bearing other names are allied to or identical with it. textit{Definition. Common superficial inflammation of the skin, not of traumatic origin, going on to the stage of serous exudation, symmetrical, irritable, and recurrent. Willan classed eczema among textit{vesicular diseases, and this is a proof of his acumen and judgment; for, although 1Synonyms. Moist Tetter Common idiopathic superficial dermatitis textit{Fr. Eczeme textit{Germ. Ekzem Die nassende Flechte. the vesicles of eczema are so small and numerous, so short-lived and speedily supplanted by pustules or weeping surfaces or scales that one may see hundreds of cases before the vesicular stage can be demonstrated, yet t...