. 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. etable growth find their way intothe hair follicles, as they frequently do upon the heads of children, aserious and obstinate disease is the result. Upon the bearded portionof the face the disease is not always easy to cure when it has existedfor some time, and when the nails become affected, as not infrequentlyhappens, the disease is an extremely chronic and rebellious one. The accompanying plate shows pat
. 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. etable growth find their way intothe hair follicles, as they frequently do upon the heads of children, aserious and obstinate disease is the result. Upon the bearded portionof the face the disease is not always easy to cure when it has existedfor some time, and when the nails become affected, as not infrequentlyhappens, the disease is an extremely chronic and rebellious one. The accompanying plate shows patches of ringworm upondifferent portions of the body. Upon a boys head is seen the char-acteristic tonsure produced by the disease. The circular patch mightsuggest alopecia areata at first glance, but in place of the smooth,velvety skin of the latter, we find a furfuraceous desquamation andmany short broken hairs. Upon the wrist is an extensive scaly patchpresenting a raised and slightly inflamed margin. Usually, the circularpatch begins to heal in the center while the ring is quite small, and thenthe typical scaly circle is formed such as is seen upon the cheek. 5o o 0 I-<HOCO CO. PLATE LXXXIX 9 BC .
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