An American text-book of the diseases of children .. . mposition gives rise to a disagreeable odor: this purulent matter may be conveyed to other parts of the body upon the fingers, and thus set up a pustular eruption. The lymph-ganglia of the neck, which communicate with the lymphatic chan-nels of the scalp, are apt to become enlarged, tender,and in poorly-nourished children may suppurate. If thehair be long, so that it hangs upon the neck, a similardermatitis may be caused in that region. Whenever we find a pustular eczema confined to theoccipital region of a child, we should at once look fo
An American text-book of the diseases of children .. . mposition gives rise to a disagreeable odor: this purulent matter may be conveyed to other parts of the body upon the fingers, and thus set up a pustular eruption. The lymph-ganglia of the neck, which communicate with the lymphatic chan-nels of the scalp, are apt to become enlarged, tender,and in poorly-nourished children may suppurate. If thehair be long, so that it hangs upon the neck, a similardermatitis may be caused in that region. Whenever we find a pustular eczema confined to theoccipital region of a child, we should at once look forpediculi. If these are present only in small numbers,it is often easier to discover the eggs or nits than thelouse. Usually one or two nits will be attached to asingle hair, though sometimes many are found upon one shaft; they appear as small white specks firmly attached to the side of ahair. They may be mistaken for crusts, but a hair passes through the centreof a crust, and a crust may be easily brushed away, while a nit is firmly Fig. 9. Fig. Male Pediculus Capitis(after Kuchen- meister).
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