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Essentials of Diseases of the Skin

Essentials of Diseases of the Skin

Stelwagon, Henry Weightman

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ISBN10: 1153794268
ISBN13: 9781153794268
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 168
Weight: 0.56
Height: 0.38 Width: 9.01 Depth: 5.98
Language: English
Excerpt: ...soakings or poultices, and subsequently shaving or scraping off the callous mass. The same result may also be often effected by the continuous application, for several days or a week, of a 10 to 15 per cent. salicylated plaster, or the application of a salicylated collodion, same strength; it is followed up by hot-water soaking, the accumulation, as a rule, coming readily away. Clavus. (Synonym: Corn.) What is clavus? Clavus, or corn, is a small, circumscribed, flattened, deep-seated, horny formation usually seated about the toes. Describe the clinical appearances. Ordinarily a corn has the appearance of a small callosity; the skin is thickened, polished and horny. Exceptionally, however, Pg 157 occurring on parts that are naturally more or less moist, as between the toes, maceration takes place, and the result is the so-called soft corn. The dorsal aspect of the toes is the common site for the ordinary variety. The usual size is that of a small pea. They are painful on pressure, and, at times, spontaneously so. State the causes. Corns are caused by pressure and friction, and may usually be referred to improperly fitting shoes. What is the pathology of clavus? It is a hypertrophy of the epiderm. Its shape is conical, with the base external and the apex pressing upon the papill

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