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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1849 Excerpt: ... Herpes--Vesicular tetter--Phlyctenodes, labialis, nasalis and circinatus; symptoms, diagnosis, cause, treatment, and cases--Porigo scutulata, scalded head, or ringworm; description, cause (according to E. Wilson), cure, and cases--Icthyosis; character, cases, and cure--Lepra vulgaris; description, cause uncertain, cases, and treatment--Psoriasis inveterata; cases and treatment. 75. Herpes--Vesicular Tetteb. The species we have most frequently met with in our practice are, phlyctenodes, labialis, nasalis, and circinatus. It is not necessary to enter into detail respecting these distinctions, as we consider them mere varieties springing from the same source, and requiring pretty nearly the same treatment. This class of diseases is generally preceded by constitutional disturbance, such as, general uneasiness, hot skin, thirst, and tongue more or less furred; in fact, the symptoms of common fever. The tingling of the skin is sometimes most intense and almost unbearable, which is somewhat diminished by the appearance of the eruption; this, however, is not the case always. In the first variety, the eruption comes out in irregular patches, assuming at first the form of small globular vesicles, containing a limpid, and at other times a brownish coloured, fluid; in some instances, it has made its appearance first about the face and neck, in others about the chest, and in others about the legs, arms, and back. If the vesicles are not broken, the fluid becomes absorbed, leaving behind a brownish scab; when prematurely removed, there is frequently a discharge of thin, very ichorous matter, inflaming the parts it comes in contact with. In five or six cases we have seen lately, the children (varying from seven months to two years of age) were literally covered with thin ...
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