Report of first expedition to South America, 1913 . .2^ fac ^ Ph -^ s G O O -^ 03 I OI =« . o Pm VI UTA Uta is a disease which has existed in Peru since prehistorictimes, the lesions of which have been supposedly depicted onthe ancient huacos/ or pottery, of the Incas. It has beenstated in the earlier literature that the disease representeda form of syphilis, or of prehistoric leprosy, or a special formof lupus vulgaris. Smith ^ and Tschudi ^ refer to the maladyand point out that it consists of an inflammation of the skin,endemic in various parts of Peru, particularly on the roadfrom Lima to t
Report of first expedition to South America, 1913 . .2^ fac ^ Ph -^ s G O O -^ 03 I OI =« . o Pm VI UTA Uta is a disease which has existed in Peru since prehistorictimes, the lesions of which have been supposedly depicted onthe ancient huacos/ or pottery, of the Incas. It has beenstated in the earlier literature that the disease representeda form of syphilis, or of prehistoric leprosy, or a special formof lupus vulgaris. Smith ^ and Tschudi ^ refer to the maladyand point out that it consists of an inflammation of the skin,endemic in various parts of Peru, particularly on the roadfrom Lima to the mines of Cerro de Pasco. According tothem the disease consists of an inflammation caused by theboring of a parasite through the skin, frequently of the scro-tum, the result being the production of an ulcer which latertakes on a cancerous or lupous character. The malady some-times ends fatally. Hirsch ^ states that uta possibly belongsin the group of diseases caused by larvae of Oestrus, develop-ing in the subcutaneous tissue. In recent years t
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