. A Complete practical work on the nature and treatment of venereal diseases, and other affections of the genito-urinary organs of the male and female ... The tonsils soon after ulcerated deeply, and threw off ash-colored sloughs. His body andlimbs at the same time were covered with straw-colored vesicles, very similar to the 193 194 EXPLANATION OF PLATE XIV. primary sore. [See Figures 1, 2, 3, of the Plate.] A few days afterwards, his legs andthighs presented many dark conical scabs, as large as dimes. [See figure 5.] When oneof these crusts fell off, it exposed a large foul ulcer, the size o
. A Complete practical work on the nature and treatment of venereal diseases, and other affections of the genito-urinary organs of the male and female ... The tonsils soon after ulcerated deeply, and threw off ash-colored sloughs. His body andlimbs at the same time were covered with straw-colored vesicles, very similar to the 193 194 EXPLANATION OF PLATE XIV. primary sore. [See Figures 1, 2, 3, of the Plate.] A few days afterwards, his legs andthighs presented many dark conical scabs, as large as dimes. [See figure 5.] When oneof these crusts fell off, it exposed a large foul ulcer, the size of a half-dollar, which began togranulate from the centre. [See figure 6.] Some of the smaller scabs, left, when they fell,a sound base, marked by a deep rose-colored stain. [See figure 7]. Three months after contamination, the rupia had nearly gone, when an eruption of tuber-cles appeared on his face and forehead. Five months from the onset of the primary disease, the patient had quite recovered —having, in the time, had a second eruption of tubercles and pleuritis. This patient was cured without the use of mercury. 3 q 0 irtffa 0 • s: Pi v: Si. PUSTULJE. PLATE XXIV. ECTHYMA VENEREUM. The general description of Ecthyma is thus rendered by Willan: An eruption of theinflamed pustules, termed phlyzacia, usually distinct, and arising at a distance from eachother. It is commonly indicative of some state of distress under which the constitutionlabors, and though it is not attended with actual fever, yet a degree of general irritation orerethism is often present with it. The venereal form of it, appears to be accompaniedwith more constitutional disturbance and fever than the common form. The inflammatoryaction runs high. About the same time that pus is secreted in the centre of the pustule,the cuticle is gradually separated as the distention increases, and is raised into a conicalshape. In persons with a languid circulation, very large portions of the skin are frequentlyseen of de
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