. The British journal of dermatology . ue gummatous or necrotic One might, there-fore, call them chronic fibroid syphilomata. Recently potassiumiodide has been tried for two or three weeks, without obvious results. I should also mention that the sight of the right eye has been t To conh-ast with this, I may say that recently I have microscopicallyexamined { biopsy ) a chronic cutaneous ginnina (not ulcerated) from a middle-a;;ed man, very resistant to anti-syphilitic treatment. It contained no hardfiljrous tissue, in spite of its chrouicity. CHRONIC FIBIiOlD SmCT^PANEOUS SYriflLOMATA
. The British journal of dermatology . ue gummatous or necrotic One might, there-fore, call them chronic fibroid syphilomata. Recently potassiumiodide has been tried for two or three weeks, without obvious results. I should also mention that the sight of the right eye has been t To conh-ast with this, I may say that recently I have microscopicallyexamined { biopsy ) a chronic cutaneous ginnina (not ulcerated) from a middle-a;;ed man, very resistant to anti-syphilitic treatment. It contained no hardfiljrous tissue, in spite of its chrouicity. CHRONIC FIBIiOlD SmCT^PANEOUS SYriflLOMATA OF THE LEGS. 175 gnulually failing- for the last twenty years. Dr. C. Markus reportsthat theie is old disseminated chorio-retinitis of the right eye, withposterior cortical cataract connected with it. With that eye thepatient can count fingers at a distance of two inches. There is nodisease of the left eye. There is no evidence of any disease in the thoracic or abdominalviscera, and the urine is free from albumen and sugar. The blood-. . .*s-- / % - ? ..JT ? Part of tbe nodule excised fi-om the subcutaneous tissue of the left leg iuthe case of T. C—. Under low magnificatiou it is seeu to consist ofdense fibrous tissue, inchiding (especially in the marginal j)ortions)numerous foci of chronic inflammatory small-cell infiltration, -which,owing to the nuclei, are more deeply stained. On the lower side is somesubcutaneous fat. vessels and the nervous system appear to be normal. There are nogouty tophi and there is no Dupuytrens contraction of the palmarfascia. His family history is good. In regard to his ten children byhis second wife, six are living, two were killed in the Great War, one(a girl, aged 16 years) died of heart disease, and one (a boy, aged5 years) died of meningitis. He likeAvise had, he says, two childrenby his first wife, and both of them are still living. 176 CHRONIC FIBROJD SUBCUTANEOUS SYFHILOMATA OF THE LEGS. Remarks. The chief interest of the case seems to be
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