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Practical Treatise on Diseases of the Skin

Practical Treatise on Diseases of the Skin

Neligan, John Moore

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General World History

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ISBN10: 1150330457
ISBN13: 9781150330452
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 154
Weight: 0.63
Height: 0.33 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1866 edition. Excerpt: ... SCARLATINA. Scarlatina; Scarlatine of the French; Scharlachfieber of the Germans: Anglich Scarlet-fever. Scarlatina is a contagious affection, occurring once during life; and is characterized primarily by general febrile symptoms and sore throat, and secondarily by the appearance, on or about the second day, of a scarlet cutaneous eruption, followed by desquamation. The period of incubation is from two to ten days. In England there is a popular difference, unknown in this country, drawn between Scarlet-fever and Scarlatina; the latter being the name applied to the milder forms of the disease. There are four varieties of scarlatina usually described: S. simplex; S. anginosa; S. maligna; and S. sine exanthemate. S. simplex, which is characterized by a slight inflammation of the fauces, sets in with febrile symptoms, and generally on the second day a brilliant scarlet efflorescence is observable on the face and neck and upper extremities; extending thence all over the body. This rash is brightest in the evening when the fever is highest. The skin is rendered pale by pressure, on the removal of which the colour immediately returns; and when the eruption is at its height it may be likened to the colour of a boiled lobster. In a day, or two days, the efflorescence becomes partial, is seen in patches, and does not disappear under pressure. The skin is mostly rough to the touch, and is sometimes studded with miliary vesicles; this is called S. papulosa vel milliformis. When the eruption is smooth, from oedema of the skin, the affection is termed S. plana vel levigata. When vesicles and pustules co-exist it is termed S. vesicularis, vel phlyctamosa, vel pustulosa. The rash of S. simplex generally declines on the fifth day, and does so gradually...

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