. The Americana : a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc. of the world. eceding the eruption, which firstmakes its advent known by a sensation of burn-ing or itching in the part, followed by reddishdiscoloration of the skin and after a few hoursby a number of pin-head to pea-sized blistersfilled with clear or turbid fluid. After a fewdays these dry up and form a yellowish crust,which then falls off, leaving a red spot that soondisappears. The usual duration of the diseaseis about a week and it shows a strong ten
. The Americana : a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc. of the world. eceding the eruption, which firstmakes its advent known by a sensation of burn-ing or itching in the part, followed by reddishdiscoloration of the skin and after a few hoursby a number of pin-head to pea-sized blistersfilled with clear or turbid fluid. After a fewdays these dry up and form a yellowish crust,which then falls off, leaving a red spot that soondisappears. The usual duration of the diseaseis about a week and it shows a strong tendencyto recur. Herpes often accompanies febrileconditions such as pneumonia and malaria, anda similar lesion is not rare about the occurs mostly in those whose skin isirritable or delicate, and is usually the resultof some derangement of the mucous membraneof the respiratory, digestive or genito-urinarytract. It sometimes is the unfailing harbingerof the menstrual period. Cold, mental depres-sion, and injury or irritation of the skin areother causes. The disease belongs to the class ofthe neuroses, and in some instances its presence. Heros Fountain. HERPESTIS — HERPETOLOGY can be explained only on the basis of nervedisturbance tn most cases n treatment is re-quired, as the lesions promptly Ileal of their ownaccord, but soothing ointments or lotions tendto relieve the irritation. Herpes zoster, orshingles, is a special form remarkable for thefact that the eruption follows the course ofcertain nerves, and is usually disposed aroundone side of the body like a half belt. In rarecases it encircles the body. Its onset is pre-ceded by stinging neuralgic pains, and by languor,lassitude, loss of appetite, shivcrings, headache,nausea, quickened pulse, etc., after which theeruption appears in irregular patches. Thevesicles become enlarged to the size of smallpeas in twenty-four to thirty-six hours, andfresh clusters occur for three or four days, com-pleting the belt-like
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