. Syphilis : a treatise on etiology, pathology, diagnosis, prognosis, prophylaxis, and treatment . Fig. 87.—Syphilitic alopecia usually has a moth-eaten appearance. Richard L. Sutton.) (Collection of Dr. 162 SYPHILIS responsible for this fall. In exceptional eases as White^*brought out in the discussion of Klotzs paper complete andpermanent baldness may result. This type of the disease ismost common upon the scalp but may extend to the eyebrows,and even to the axilla and genital regions. It is also probable. Fig. 88.—The eyebrows may be affected in early syphilis. (Collection of Dr. Richard L,
. Syphilis : a treatise on etiology, pathology, diagnosis, prognosis, prophylaxis, and treatment . Fig. 87.—Syphilitic alopecia usually has a moth-eaten appearance. Richard L. Sutton.) (Collection of Dr. 162 SYPHILIS responsible for this fall. In exceptional eases as White^*brought out in the discussion of Klotzs paper complete andpermanent baldness may result. This type of the disease ismost common upon the scalp but may extend to the eyebrows,and even to the axilla and genital regions. It is also probable. Fig. 88.—The eyebrows may be affected in early syphilis. (Collection of Dr. Richard L,. Sutton.) that in a severe case of syphilis there ma}^ be a general non-localized loss of the hair of the scalp just as occurs in asso-ciation with other infectious diseases, and lastly there may bea syphilitic exanthem upon the scalp, and the hair fall at thesite of the syphilides. Bibliography iHeller: Die Krankheiten der Nagel, Berlin, 1900. 20imsby: Diseases of the Skiu, Philadelphia, 1915. 3Adamsoii aud McDonagh: Brit. Jour. Dennat., 1911, xxiii, G8. 4White: Boston Med. and Surg. Jour., 1902, cxlvii, 537. sRayer: Quoted by Heller. 6Bergh: Hospitalstid, 1880, p. 47. ^Fournier: S^jiDliilis chez la femnie, Paiis, 1873, p. 467. sPringle: Quoted by Adamson and McDonagh. 9Batut: Gazette Hebdomadaire, iv, 1894, pp. 163, *Cazauave: Traite des SjTphilides, Paris, 1843, p. : Dermat. Ztschr., 1909,, xvi, : Miinchen. med. Wchnschr., 1907, p. : Jour. Outan. Dis., 190
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