Observations on the various forms of superficial dermatitis : particularly erythema, eczema, psoriasis, lichen, and pityriasis rubra with cases / by P.H. Pye-Smith.

  • Pye-Smith, Philip Henry, 1840-1914.
Date:
[1881?]
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Credit: Observations on the various forms of superficial dermatitis : particularly erythema, eczema, psoriasis, lichen, and pityriasis rubra with cases / by P.H. Pye-Smith. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    OBSERVATIONS ON THE VARIOUS FORMS OF SUPERFICIAL DERMATITIS, PARTICULARLY ERYTHEMA, ECZEMA, PSORIASIS, LICHEN, AND PITYRIASIS RUBRA. WITH CASES. By P. H. PYE-SMITH, M.D. The inflammatory affections of the skin are by far the most numerous and the most common, and it is here that ail systematic writers have found the greatest difficulty. The classification now most generally accepted, that of the late Professor Hebra, was based upon the pathological doctrines of Rokitansky. Accordingly, we find a class Exudations, which takes up just half of the closely-printed pages of the f Haut- krankheiten/ and yet does not include lupus, nor ulcers, nor inflammations due to syphilis. The subdivisions of this un- wieldy class rest for the most part, not on 'pathological dis- tinctions, but on the anatomical basis of WillaiTs system, while scabies is only separated from eczema by its aetiology, and pityriasis rubra is defined by its clinical features.