Ulcerous skin disease Ecthyma cachecticum, and the seven-year itch, Scabies purulenta and S. exotica.

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Ulcerous skin disease Ecthyma cachecticum, and the seven-year itch, Scabies purulenta and S. exotica, caused by the Sarcoptes scabiei mite. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving by John Pass from John Wilkes' "Encyclopedia Londinensis," J. Adlard, London, 1822.

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