Leprosy in Hongkong / by James Cantlie.

  • Cantlie, James, Sir, 1851-1926.
Date:
1890
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Credit: Leprosy in Hongkong / by James Cantlie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    On the lower limbs the front aspect shows four spots of leprous infiltration, and there is an attempt at a symmetrical arrangement more or less pronounced. On the posterior aspect one large patch occupies the back of the right leg from the knee to the heel. The patches are all devoid of sensation, and of almost the same colour as those met with on the arms. The external popliteal nerves can be felt to be enlarged as they pass below the heads of the fibular. To compression they are hypersensitive. The patient has a pecuHarly harsh voice, almost croaking. Laryn- goscopic examination shows a hypertrophy of the mucous tissues above the true vocal cords. Treatment.—Ungt. Pyragallol. August 25th.—The face spots seem improved. No further change. September 22nd.—Sensation has returned in all the patches upon the arms and legs. Where the Ointment has been apphed, hypertrophy has disappeared, but at the spot in the back of the left scapula there is no change in appearance or sensation. It would seem therefore as though the Ointment has a decided local effect upon leprous patches, dissolving the hypertrophic tissue, and bringing about a return of sensation. In all probability the latter is the result of the former, sensatioa being curtailed by <-'p 'I^Liy'.', ''^ ^'^^ tl^^'^^^- I Wellcome Library 7 I for the History I I and Understandiiig \ L_ofMedicine \