Photographic atlas of the diseases of the skin; a series of ninety-six plates, comprising nearly two hundred illustrations, with descriptive text, and a treatise on cutaneous therapeutics . £^.. M. Copyright, 1905, by (!. II. Fox. COMEDO ACNE VARIOLIFORMIS FOLLICULITISACNE INDURATA PLATE AREATA ALOPECIA AREATA This patient, a teacher by occupation, had suffered from alopeciaareata for over twelve years, the hair falling out in spots and growingin again. During the past year the increasing baldness had necessitatedthe wearing of a wig, and the disease had begun to affed the eye-b
Photographic atlas of the diseases of the skin; a series of ninety-six plates, comprising nearly two hundred illustrations, with descriptive text, and a treatise on cutaneous therapeutics . £^.. M. Copyright, 1905, by (!. II. Fox. COMEDO ACNE VARIOLIFORMIS FOLLICULITISACNE INDURATA PLATE AREATA ALOPECIA AREATA This patient, a teacher by occupation, had suffered from alopeciaareata for over twelve years, the hair falling out in spots and growingin again. During the past year the increasing baldness had necessitatedthe wearing of a wig, and the disease had begun to affed the eye-brows. Pure carbolic acid was applied in this case, one-half of thescalp being dotted or striped with the acid every ten days. This treat-ment caused epidermic exfoliation followed by pinkish spots, but hadno apparent elTeft in restoring the hair. As the patient grew strongerunder a general tonic treatment, and her frequent headaches disap-peared, the hair returned and grew quite as readily on the untouchedportions of scalp as where the acid had been applied. Six monthslater, after the strain of nursing a sick relative, the hair began to fallagain, thereby showing the dependence of the disease
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