Ringworm, its diagnosis and treatment / by Alder Smith.

  • Smith, Alder.
Date:
1880
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    it exists on the head. Ringworm of the body, as it is generally seen in England, is readily cured by almost any parasiticide, because the mischief lies close at hand, and can easily be dealt with. Ringworm of the head rarely occurs after the age of puberty; but cases have sometimes been seen in the adult. Ringworm of the body may deve- lope at any age, though it is much more common among children; and, if seen in adults, is gener- ally observed on the hands or arms of those attending children afflicted with the complaint. Very rarely, it may attack the hairs of the beard, producing parasitic, or tinea sycosis. Tinea tonsurans and tinea circinata, differ only as regards their locality. The former often infects the body and produces patches of tinea circinata. The fungus in both is the trichophyton tonsurans. The question of the exact nature of the fungus is a very difficult and intricate one to answer, and I shall not attempt to pursue the subject here, but refer any reader who desires to follow it up, to Hebra's work on skin diseases,* but I quote the following: It will be seen that, in spite of the numerous observations on record of attempts at cultivation, * Hebra on Diseases of the SJcm, vol. v., pp. 114 to 138. New Sydenham Society, 1880. B 2