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

  • Jordan, Henry J.
Date:
1860
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    presents little or no redness, swelling, or ten- derness ; they are usually unaccompanied by any febrile disturbances, and their end is in unhealthy ulcers covered by peculiar, promi- nent, thick, imbricated scabs, not unlike limpet- shells. There are two principal varieties of the affection. R. prominens is a variety in which largeness of the scab is the chief characteristic; R. escharotica is a variety in which ulceration is the predominant feature. Rupia may be most easily confounded with pamphigus, but it is easily distinguished from this affection, first, by the smaller size and flatness of the blebs, and by the dirty dark- ness of their contents, and afterwards by the unhealthy ulcers covered by dark, limpet-shell- like scabs. With ecthyma there is less pro- bability of any confusion, for ecthyma, as we shall soon see, is at first pustular, and the result- ing ulcers and scabs are small and insignificant as compared to those of rupia. The treatment of rupia must be conducted upon the same general principles as that of pemphigus; the only difference being, that there is greater necessity for nutritious food