Ringworm, its diagnosis and treatment / by Alder Smith.

  • Smith, Alder.
Date:
1880
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    spots from drying, render the extraction of the stumps easier. In fact, with a case like this, I like to have the scalp well bathed with hot water for ten minutes before I commence extracting the stumps; and also to have a small basin, with a sponge and some water in it by my side, on which to wipe off the extracted stumps from the forceps. This treatment must be continued until a fort- night or month passes by without any stumps being seen, and then the case may be considered well. I have often succeeded in curing cases like this, when they have resisted all other treatment for years, but they require great care; and I must remark that it is useless for medical men to at- tempt to cure this variety, unless they thoroughly realise how intractable the disease is, possess a good lens, and good eyesight, and have plenty of time and patience. For the last few years I have used a remedy suggested to me by the late Dr. Fox, where there are only a very few minute patches, and where time is of the utmost importance. This is a paste made of equal parts of crystalised terchloride of antimony and lard. It is most intensely eschar- otic, and always produces a bald place, by de- stroying the hair follicles wherever it is applied. e 2