Skin diseases and their remedies / by Robert J. Jordan.

  • Jordan, Henry J.
Date:
1860
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Credit: Skin diseases and their remedies / by Robert J. Jordan. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PEMPHIGUS. the skin upon which they are placed is com- paratively uninflamed; and usually they are accompanied by very trifling febrile disturbance. In three or four days they lose their original transparency or translucency, and their coats become shrivelled and soddened ; in a lew days more, the only remains are scaly, flattisli, brownish crusts. When these crusts are de- tached, their place is usually marked for some time by slight discolorations, and sometimes by superficial ulcerations ; but ulceration is not a common or marked feature of pemphigus. Blebs, following this course, may appear singly or in numbers; they may be confined to one part of the body, or extend at one and the same time to several parts; and they may succeed each other in crops for months, or even years. Pemphigus is usually divided into acute and chronic; but the acute is always a rare disease, and, for any practical purposes, little need be said about it except this, that in proportion to the acuteness is the degree of feverishness accompanying the eruption. Indeed, there are no varieties requiring special consideration; for P. infantilis is only the affection occurring in