Observations on clinical medicine / by J. Warburton Begbie.

  • Begbie, James Warburton, 1826-1876.
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[1864]
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Credit: Observations on clinical medicine / by J. Warburton Begbie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    OBSERVATIONS IN CLINICAL MEDICINE, By J. WARBURTON BEGBXE, M.D., PHYSICIAN TO THE ROYAL INFIRMARY. , Reprinted from the Edinburgh Medical Journal, March 1864. Fccvus (Tinea Favosa)—its Treatment by Deputation. This interesting form of cutaneous affection, the truly parasitic nature of which is now generally admitted, has been of frequent occurrence in the hospital wards during the whole period of my service as physician. I have nothing to add to the accurate as well as detailed accounts of the disease which are to be found in the writings of such authors as Devergie, Hebra, and Bazin, on the Continent, and of Mr Erasmus Wilson and Dr McCall Anderson, in our own country. The experience I have had of Favus has con¬ vinced me of its intimate connexion with filthiness of the head and body, of its ready communicability when favoured by the pre¬ existence of dirtiness, the predisposing cause of most importance, in the person exposed; and, lastly, of its eminently satisfactory treatment by one plan, and by that one plan only. I contrast, very favourably for the process of depilation, the different means for the cure of Favus affecting the scalp, which have been formerly wit¬ nessed, at various times, and in various places—and likewise employed by myself; and now, having obtained results so com¬ pletely satisfactory, by the employment of depilation,—practised very nearly as M. Bazin has recommended it, I have relinquished all other expedients for effecting the removal of this frequently loath¬ some disease, and can confidently recommend depilation as a most efficient remedy. Coupled with the depilatory process, however, must be, first of all, the thorough cleansing of the scalp, and then the employment of what are likewise styled parasiticide