Volume 2

Eruptions of the face, head, and hands: with the latest improvements in the treatment of diseases of the skin ... / By T.H. Burgess.

  • Burgess, Thomas H. (Thomas Henry), -1865.
Date:
1849
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    few months by the application of the vapour of sul- phur and iodine. It is particularly applicable in scaly and tubercular diseases, and in foul, ill-condi- tioned ulcers of the extremities. I have since repeatedly employed a modification of this remedy in a variety of skin diseases, when other remedies had failed, and with complete success. In the scaly eruptions, when seated on the extremities, its application is invariably attended with a speedy — alteration of the diseased parts, and those are the most inveterate of all the diseases to which the skin is liable. ERYTHEMA PAPULATUM. This eruption makes its appearance on the backs of the hands in the form of a number of small irregu- larly rounded spots, of a bright red colour at first, and presenting a well-defined margin, which gives them the peculiar appearance of being raised above the level of the skin, like papule, whereas when the finger 1s passed over them, there is no perceptible elevation. The vivid red colour soon passes into a peculiar violet tint, deeper towards the centre than ~ at the circumference, which is quite characteristic of the disease. This eruption is generally attended by a disagreeable tingling of the parts. It most com- monly attacks young men, and females of a fair and delicate skin. In this mild form it never lasts more than a few days or a week; but, it frequently assumes a chronic form, when the appearance of the eruption