A practical treatise upon eczema : including its lichenous, impetiginous and pruriginous varieties / by T. M'Call Anderson.

  • Anderson, McCall, 1836-1908.
Date:
1863
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    two and a half ounces of the solution. I saw her regu- larly, and there never was a bad symptom. Cases of this severity are, however, of very rare occurrence. Eczema is occasionally accompanied by feverish symptoms, especially at the commencement of an attack; but it is very extraordinary to observe how frequently a severe and extensive eruption, even in an infant, is coincident with the most perfect general health and total absence of fever. A number of names, many of them quite useless, have been coined to express various forms of eczema. Some of these have already been discussed; for example, eczema rubrum, impetiginodes, lichenoides, &c, and, with the exception of the local varieties, which I shall detail afterwards, there are very few others which it is necessary to allude to. Eczema simplex refers to a mild case of eczema; eczema chronicum to an eruption of old standing, in contradistinction to eczema acutum, in which it is of recent date, more inflamed, and accompanied by burning heat rather tban by itching. Eczema nummulare is the name applied to the eruption when it forms small circular patches, like pieces of money. They are usually about the size of a crown, and are oftenest situated upon the lower extremities. Devergie remarks that this is the most difficult of cure of all the forms of eczema— an observation which corresponds with one of Hebra's, to the effect that the more limited the eruption the more difficult is it of cure. My own experience confirms