Volume 1

Photographic atlas of the diseases of the skin : a series of ninety-six plates, comprising nearly two hundred illustrations, with desriptive text, and a treatise on cutaneous therapeutics / by George Henry Fox.

  • Fox, George Henry, 1846-1937.
Date:
[1905], ©1905
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Credit: Photographic atlas of the diseases of the skin : a series of ninety-six plates, comprising nearly two hundred illustrations, with desriptive text, and a treatise on cutaneous therapeutics / by George Henry Fox. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A stimulating treatment is called for in most cases of acne, and the appli¬ cations commonly employed vary in their action from a mild astringent to a severe caustic. These tend to quicken the circulation of blood and thereby hasten the absorption of inflammatory deposits, while at the same time they incite the glands to more vigorous action and thereby empty the distended ducts. In addition to these local remedies, a notable curative effect can be produced by the mechanical treatment of the disease through massage or vigorous pinching of the skin, scrubbing with the finest quality of sea sand, soap frictions repeated every night until the face is inflamed, and various instruments devised for the purpose of destroying pustular lesions and pressing out the sebaceous accumulation which gives rise to them. Among the soothing applications useful in acne may be mentioned cold cream, zinc ointment, lotions of hamamelis, magnesia, zinc, boric acid, etc., and various simple dusting-powders. A favorite lotion of calamine and zinc is the following : * * R, Pulveris calaminae preparatse ... 3 i 5 Zinci oxidi. 3 iii io Glycerini.f 3 ii io Liquoris*calcis. f 3 i 50 Aquae rosae. ad f^ivadioo m As the suppurative process is largely due to the infection of the glands by micro-organisms, a disinfectant lotion such as listerine or borolyptol, used pure or diluted, is often of marked benefit. Or the following weak mercurial lotion may be employed with good effect: * In most of the formulas given in these pages, the quantities will be found expressed both in Apothecaries’ measure and in decimal parts. The second column is not intended as an exact translation of the first into the metric system, but is so arranged that the percentage of each ingredient may be seen at a glance and more readily remembered. The quan¬ titative variation in the two columns is usually slight and never of great importance. Either the gram or the drachm may be taken as a unit without affecting the composition of the formula, and the liquid ingredients may be dispensed either by weight or fluid measure without making any practical difference. The greatest merit of the metric system is its decimal character ; but whatever weights and measures may oe used, the advantage of making the sum of parts in any formula equal one hundred or some other decimal, seems too obvious to require argument.