Eczema with an analysis of eight thousand cases of the disease / by L. Duncan Bulkley.

  • Bulkley, Lucius Duncan, 1845-1928.
Date:
1901
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Credit: Eczema with an analysis of eight thousand cases of the disease / by L. Duncan Bulkley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    dermatology, and he who fully masters its manage- ment is not only skilled in regard to treating one of the most common and distressing of all cutaneous diseases, but has acquired a knowledge of the prin- ciples of dermatological practice which will assist in the treatment of many, if not all, other maladies of the skin. Eczema is a protean disease, as will appear later, and individual cases may differ so greatly from each other that it seems hardly possible that they are of the same nature ; and at times the diagnosis may be very difficult, as it can closely simulate many other lesions of the skin. Eczema is often most rebellious. Again and again the eruption may seem to be conquered, when it will crop out afresh either in the original or some new place. Or there may be periods of dormancy, when the skin becomes perfectly normal and after months, it may be, there will occur a fresh attack. Some of the blame for the severity and persistency of the eruption is undoubtedly due to the patients them- selves. Eczema frequently being a chronic state, they too often become weary and chafe under the restraints and annoyances of treatment long before the disease is cured ; and relapse follows relapse, re- lief being sought for only when there is distress from the itching or pain, or when the eruption becomes troublesome on exposed parts. But, on the other hand, some of the responsibility