British medical journal . told us that he had been taking the medicine July iOtli an eruption of herpes appeared ou the riglr. ,idoof .liis abdomen. It assumed considerable dimensions, .indcovered roughly the area of skin corresponding to the eighth,ninth, and tenth dorsal segments of the cord. The ernptiouwas not precede! by any pain but it was associated with painwhen it was fully develojied. By this date he had beeu taking15 drops of Fowlers solution daily since March 23rd, a total ofsome 1,603 drops, or, roughly, 15 grains of arsenic. The erup-tion rapidly l>ecame gene
British medical journal . told us that he had been taking the medicine July iOtli an eruption of herpes appeared ou the riglr. ,idoof .liis abdomen. It assumed considerable dimensions, .indcovered roughly the area of skin corresponding to the eighth,ninth, and tenth dorsal segments of the cord. The ernptiouwas not precede! by any pain but it was associated with painwhen it was fully develojied. By this date he had beeu taking15 drops of Fowlers solution daily since March 23rd, a total ofsome 1,603 drops, or, roughly, 15 grains of arsenic. The erup-tion rapidly l>ecame generalized, vesicles appearing over thoface, body, and limbs; the eyelids were considerably a short time the eruption healed in the usual manner,and on July 2Sth the patient was discharged to his home. Thecondition of the glands, was not materially altered. Thetemperature was normal throughout, except during the timaw hen he was suffering from herpes. ^Briiisli Journal of Dermatology, March. 1916,. rhotograph 11nieut of glauds and healiiiti herijesou .July 26lh. 1916 A few of theeeueralized vesicles can be seen. ON ADAPTATION AND DISEASE. Delivered at the Royal College of Physiciaks,London, June 26th, 1917. By J. G. ADAMI, , , TEMPOKARY LECTURE IV. The Physico-Chemical Basis of andEvolution.{Abstract) In the previous lectures it had been shown that thestudies upon pathogenic bacteria and upon immunityproved conclusively the existence of direct adaptation ofa dofiuito order, both in tho lowest and in the highestforms of life. To the academic biologist such a suggestionuf a direct action of external agencies as a i)rime cause of\aiiation is as shocking and improper as would be thesuggestion of a risque storj to sonic dear, modest elderlymaiden lady. And yet it is along these linos that medicalresearch is surelj leading us. Believing that we are in the right, where is it that thebiologists have gone wrong ? It w
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