Ringworm, its diagnosis and treatment / by Alder Smith.

  • Smith, Alder.
Date:
1880
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Credit: Ringworm, its diagnosis and treatment / by Alder Smith. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ture of iodine, should be employed to stimulate the new downy hair to grow. The bare patches that remain after this treat- ment may continue for a month or two; but the hair will grow again sooner or later, if kerion only has been produced. Especial care should be taken not to apply too much croton oil at a time, and to see that the poul- tice is firmly fastened to the spot; otherwise the oil may run on to other parts of the head or forehead, and, by the poultice slipping, kerion may be pro- duced where it is not wanted. If the oil by any means gets on to the pillow-case, and the child rubs its face on it, of course a pustular eruption will follow. I once saw a little girl who had managed to get the oil on the pillow-case, and then during the night, had rubbed her forehead and cheeks upon the soiled linen. This produced a most uni- versal crop of small pustules on the face, and gave me very great anxiety lest some marking should ensue; but with soothing applications and simple ointment, the slight crusts were speedily removed, and not the least mark remained. Of course, with proper precaution this should never occur. Even when one or more patches have been treated in this way, in the course of time other small places or isolated stumps reappear here and