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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    ECTHYMA. marked form, E. cachedicum, approaches very closely to the characters of rupia. Gene- rally, however, the pustule of ecthyma differs from a boil in the direction of the inflamma- tion. In ecthyma, the inflammation begins superficially, and extends afterwards to the deeper parts ; in the boil, the inflammation begins in a portion of the subcutaneous cel- lular tissue, and progresses to the surface. Rupia is distinguished by the absence of true inflammation, and true pus, by the predomi- nance of ulceration, and by the limpet-shell- like scabs ; but in many cases of ecthyma cachecticum ulceration predominates over in- flammation, and the scabs are very large and ugly. The distinctions, indeed, are not very marked. Ecthyma is essentially a disease of debility, and the treatment must consist in counteract- ing this state, as far as possible, by good and sufficient food and stimulants, by saving the strength in every way, and by attending to hygienic rules generally. As medicine, nitro- muriatic acid and bitters, or cod-liver oil, are likely to prove most serviceable; as local appli- cations, opiated poultices or water-dressings,