On ringworm and its management / by Tilbury Fox.

  • William Tilbury Fox
Date:
1878
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: On ringworm and its management / by Tilbury Fox. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    19/80 page 7
    getting- the remedies by due friction to be brought fully into action upon the fungus at the deepest part of the follicle, or the root of the hair, and that this difficulty can only be overcome by constant, con- tinuous, and free application, or infriction of remedies, after all hair-crusts and other obstacles about the scalp have been carefully removed. Un- less this is effected, attendants are satisfied with a mere superficial application of remedies. It is not an easy matter to instil this conviction into the minds of attendants, and if in the management of ■ringworm some blame attaches to the doctor for a due want of appreciation of the point under notice, much more lies at the door of parents and others who are called upon to use the measures prescribed for the cure. Children with ringworm are not ill, and consequently many parents cannot understand the necessity for the constant supervision of cases by the medical men, and they use their own judgment in the matter, even when pains are taken to explain to them the natural difficulties which delay the cure of ring- worm. Moreover, the love of quackery and of specifics is so very strong amongst the public that, unless the progress is what they themselves decide is proper, they are apt to chop and change about from remedy to remedy upon the recommendation of almost any one, provided he or she be not medicaL It is further assumed that ringworm must be the- same in all cases, and what will cure one case should
    digitised image 1
    digitised image 2
    digitised image 3