. The ready-reference handbook of diseases of the skin. s it affects the scalp. It begins eitheras one or more scaly erythematous spots; or as minute yel-lowish puncta ; or as a group of vesicles smaller than thosemet with in ringworm. These develop into small sulphur-yellow cupped crusts about the hairs. When the case isseen by the physician the early stage is usually passed, andhe will find that the hair is dry and lustreless, and has fallenout in places, leaving irregularly shaped bald patches, of allsizes, and of pronounced red color. Upon both the baldpatches and the parts still covered w
. The ready-reference handbook of diseases of the skin. s it affects the scalp. It begins eitheras one or more scaly erythematous spots; or as minute yel-lowish puncta ; or as a group of vesicles smaller than thosemet with in ringworm. These develop into small sulphur-yellow cupped crusts about the hairs. When the case isseen by the physician the early stage is usually passed, andhe will find that the hair is dry and lustreless, and has fallenout in places, leaving irregularly shaped bald patches, of allsizes, and of pronounced red color. Upon both the baldpatches and the parts still covered with hair the sulphur-yellow cup or saucer-shaped crusts will be found, with raisedor rounded edges, and with one or several hairs growing outof the middle of them. There will be more or less scaling,and, if the disease be of some age, thick mortar-like crustsof grayish color. In some cases when first seen it may beimpossible to find the characteristic crusts, scutula as theyare called, they being obscured by the mortar-like masses. FAVUS. 239 Fig. Case of favus of hand showing scutnla. Side view. Fig. 25.
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