Diseases of the skin : an outline of the principles and practice of dermatology / by Malcolm Morris.

  • Morris, Malcolm Alexander, Sir, 1849-1924.
Date:
1899
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    smooth and the furrows are well preserved. The ]>ro- gress of the affection is gradual; it responds readily to treatment, but tends to relapse. In this respect it differs from the affection described by Besnier * under the name of keratodermia erythematosa symmetrica, which is continuous. Brooke thinks that the symmetry of the lesions, in conjunction with the synchronous implication of both hands and feet, indicates a central tropho-neurosis as the cause. Dubreuilh, however, who has recorded a similar case,f says that the sym- metry of the lesions is no proof of such an origin, and that the rapid and complete cure by treatment mainly local does not accord with the hypothesis of a central neurotic origin, Erytliciiia, imilliforiue is an inflammatory affection of the skin characterised by a polymorphous eruption, in which papular, vesicular, bullous, nodular, oedematous, and haemorrhagic elements are mingled to^ethei’, or succeed each other, so as to form a clinical picture almost kaleidoscopic in its infinite variety. As Besnier and Doyon truly say, “You may pass twenty years of your medical life in observing and collecting cases of erythema, and each year will bring you forms which you have never before seen. Not only does this variety defy all complete description, but cate- gories ad infinitum would be needed if one wished to classify all the facts in methodical series. The authors who have attempted to do so have invari- ably failed, and have only succeeded in producing undigested and useless compilations.”! All that can be done here is to indicate the salient points—the types of the different forms assumed by the • “ Intern. Atlas of Bare Skin Diseases,” PI. v., Fig. 1. t Brit. Journ. of Dermatology, 1892, p. 18.5, et seq. t Kauosi • “Maladies de la Peau,” Besnier and Doyons translatiL, 2nd ed., tome i., p. 3G4 (Paris, 1891). Tmnslators footuote.