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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    as in the root-like prolongations by which the disease extends in the deeper parts of the skin, and in the acute, smarting, lancinating pain by which cheloidea is frequently attended; but, on the other hand, cheloidea differs from cancer in many respects, and particularly in the absence of a tendency to ulcerate, and in the disposition to remain stationary, or dis- appear, after having arrived at a certain point. In cheloidea, moreover, the surrounding skin and the neighbouring lymphatic glands are sound, and there are none of the large and tortuous veins which usually surround a cancer- ous tumour. The treatment of cheloidea is not promising. Recourse has chiefly been had to local ap- plications; but the more rational treatment would appear to be one bearing upon the con- stitutional state of the patient. The internal use of arsenic seems to yield the best results, when steadily persisted in. Collodion, tincture of iodine, and an ointment of iodide of lead, are the best local applications.