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Essentials of Diseases of the Skin: Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of MedicineStelwagon, Henry Weightman

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Essentials of Diseases of the Skin: Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine

Name: Essentials of Diseases of the Skin: Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine
Author: Stelwagon, Henry Weightman

Stelwagon, Henry Weightman

Skin -- Diseases

#Describe the cutaneous disturbance produced by the culex.#

It consists of an erythematous spot or a wheal-like lesion.

Alkaline or acid lotions usually give relief.



                            #Pulex Irritans.#
                        (_Synonym:_ Common Flea.)


#Describe the cutaneous disturbance produced by the pulex irritans.#

It consists of an erythematous spot with a minute central hemorrhagic
point. In irritable skin, a wheal-like lesion may result.

Treatment consists of applications of camphor or ammonia-water; carbolic
acid and thymol lotions are also useful.




RELATIVE FREQUENCY OF THE VARIOUS DISEASES OF SKIN AS SHOWN BY THE
STATISTICS (123,746 CASES) OF THE AMERICAN DERMATOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
FOR TEN YEARS, 1878-87.


-------------------------+-------+-------+
    CLASSIFICATION OF    |  No.  |   %   |
         DISEASES.       | Cases | Cases |
-------------------------+-------+-------+
Class I. Disorders of the|       |       |
  Glands.                |       |       |
  1. OF THE SWEAT GLANDS.|       |       |
    Hyperidrosis         |   328 |  .265 |
    Sudamen              |   268 |  .216 |
    Anidrosis            |    11 |  .009 |
    Bromidrosis          |   112 |  .090 |
    Chromidrosis         |     7 |  .005 |
    Uridrosis            |   ... |  .... |
  2. OF THE SEBACEOUS    |       |       |
    GLANDS               |   238 |  .193 |
    Seborrh[oe]a:        |  1812 | 1.47  |
      a. oleosa          |   367 |  .296 |
      b. sicca           |   395 |  .319 |
    Comedo               |  1225 |  .989 |
    Cyst:                |     6 |  .004 |
      a. Milium          |   225 |  .183 |
      b. Steatoma        |   151 |  .122 |
    Asteatosis           |     8 |  .006 |
                         |       |       |
Class II. Inflammations. |       |       |
    Exanthemata          |  1770 | 1.43  |
    Erythema simplex     |  1064 |  .859 |
    Erythema multiforme: |   915 |  .730 |
      a. papulosum       |   325 |  .262 |
      b. bullosum        |    37 |  .029 |
      c. nodosum         |    82 |  .066 |
    Urticaria            |  2994 | 2.47  |
      pigmentosa         |     1 |  .0008|
    [E]Dermatitis:       |  1720 | 1.39  |
      a. traumatica      |   468 |  .378 |
      b. venenata        |   616 |  .498 |
      c. calorica        |   224 |  .187 |
      d. medicamentosa   |   108 |  .087 |
      e. gangraenosa      |     8 |  .006 |
    Erysipelas           |  1026 |  .829 |
    Furunculus           |  2129 | 1.72  |
    Anthrax              |   252 |  .203 |
    Phlegmona diffusa    |   265 |  .215 |
    Pustula maligna      |   197 |  .159 |
    Herpes simplex       |  2057 | 1.66  |
    Herpes zoster        |  1428 | 1.15  |
    Dermatitis           |       |       |
      herpetiformis      |    41 |  .033 |
    Psoriasis            |  4131 | 3.34  |
    Pityriasis maculuta  |       |       |
      et circinata       |    71 |  .057 |
    Dermatitis           |       |       |

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