A handbook on the diagnosis of skin diseases / by Robert Liveing.

Date:
1878
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A handbook on the diagnosis of skin diseases / by Robert Liveing. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    PEEFACE. In the followiag pages I have endeavoured to give a sketch of the symptomatology of skin diseases, or of the characteristics by which we recognise or dis- tinguish one skin affection from another. With this object in view, I have in some instances confined my remarks chiefly to the differential diagnosis. For example, in such well-known maladies as Scabies and Eczema, I have not thought it necessary to give a very minute description of the disease, but have rather preferred to draw attention to the peculiarities and distinctive points which enable us to form a sound and rapid diagnosis. In dealing, however, with the rarer skin affections, such as Lupus, Hydroa, Xan- thoma, Purpura rheumatica, and Scleroderma, I have given a more detailed description of their symptoms, but have only touched on their etiology when it has had some important beaiing on diagnosis. I have given references to the best plates in common use for the convenience of those who wish to consult them. The introductory chapter has been devoted to a