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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    And here may be placed, as conveniently as elsewhere, and as appropriately— Furuncle, Carbuncle, Pustula maligna, Pestis glandulosa, Equinia glandulosa. 1. Acne. Syn. Wlielk. Fr. Couperose. Germ. ffiautSnnc. The tubercles of acne are of small size, coni- cal and detached, bard and red. They are essentially indolent in their character. In the majority, a small quantity of matter forms slowly at their summits, without any local pain or heat, and this matter is very slow to escape; in a few, no matter is ever formed. In either case the tubercles, or their remains, are very slow to disappear. Acne is unattended by feverishness or any constitutional dis- turbance ; it is commonest about puberty; its name is derived from aicvp or aic/xp (maturitas, vigour). When examined closely, the tubercles of acne are often found to be connected with the