A text-book of the diseases of the ear and adjacent organs . na tympani. The formation of thesevesicles is preceded by violent and rarely remitting pains in the headand in the neighbourhood of the ear, which continue for several the eruption appears, accompanied sometimes by fever, thepain generally subsides, but it may also continue till the vesiclesdry up. Occasionally a paralysis of the facial nerve occurs on theaffected side, as I have observed in a few cases, at the time of theeruption, and recovered in a few weeks after healing of the , which usually remains af
A text-book of the diseases of the ear and adjacent organs . na tympani. The formation of thesevesicles is preceded by violent and rarely remitting pains in the headand in the neighbourhood of the ear, which continue for several the eruption appears, accompanied sometimes by fever, thepain generally subsides, but it may also continue till the vesiclesdry up. Occasionally a paralysis of the facial nerve occurs on theaffected side, as I have observed in a few cases, at the time of theeruption, and recovered in a few weeks after healing of the , which usually remains after the termination of zoster 196 HERPES ZOSTER. along the intercostal nerves, I have only seen in one case, in whichit disappeared some weeks after recovery of the herpes. The termination is recovery, as after bursting of the vesicles thediseased parts become covered with a crust, which falls off on theformation of a new epidermis. Treatment consists in combating the violent pain by applying a5 per cent, cocaine ointment, and by the internal exhibition of. pIG< 85.—Herpes Zoster of the Auricle in a Child of 9 Years, as observedby Dr. Hermet in Paris. quinine, antipyrine, or a narcotic, and when that is ineffectual, by asubcutaneous injection of morphia. After the vesicles break, theirdrying up is effected by sprinkling them with powder or anointingthem with unguent, plumb, acet. or plumb, carbonatis. E. Lupus. Lupus vulgaris of the auricle is often seen accompanying extensivelupus of the skin of the face. Its occurrence alone limited to theauricle is more rare. All known forms of lupus—L. maculosus,exulcerans, hypertrophicus, papillaris, and framboisoides—occur onthe auricle according to which form it manifests on the skin of otherportions of the body. There occurs here, as in other parts of thebody, changes from one form to another. Generally one finds dis-seminated plaques of lupus maculosus on the lobule, in the depres-sion of the concha, or on the posterior surfac
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