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Title: 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
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Fox, George Henry, 1846-1937
Subjects: Skin Diseases Dermatology
Publisher: Philadelphia and London : J. B. Lippincott company
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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hich are not hairy. It is always non-parasitic, and the diseasewhich is sometimes called sycosis parasitica is an entirely • distinctdisease, vi(., trichophytosis, or ringworm of the beard. In the accompanying illustration the limitation of the diseaseto a hairy part is well shown upon the cheek and chin. An unusualamount of scaling and crusting is seen in this case (the patienthaving gone several days without shaving), but a few of the char-acteristic pustular lesions may be noted. The cause of sycosis, especially when occurring upon thecheeks, is not always readily determined, but on the upper lip it isfrequently the result of a chronic irritating nasal discharge. Epilation of the loose hairs and such others in the inflamedarea as will yield to gentle traftion is one of the most effectivemethods of treatment. It speedily relieves the tenderness and swell-ing in most cases, although the operation may prove extremelypainful when a high degree of inflammation is present. PLATE LXXVI.
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Copyright, 1900, by G. H. Fox. SYCOSIS. PLATE LXXVII.CHANCRE CHANCRE Syphilis is not always a venereal disease. In certain cases theprimary lesion, an indurated infecting chancre, may be acquired inan accidental and innocent manner and occur upon various portionsof the body, instead of upon the genital organs, where, for obviousreasons, it is most frequently found. The lips are especially liable tobecome the seat of an extra-genital chancre, either through kissingone affected with syphilitic oral lesions, or using a cup or pipe orholding in the mouth a pencil or other object which has been in themouth of one affected with early syphilis. In the first illustration the initial sclerosis is situated upon theskin above the vermillion border of the upper lip, and is covered bya thick crust. A swollen submaxillary gland, which is usually presentin cases of labial chancre, had been treated by the application of someirritating ointment, causing a patch of dermatitis. The second illustration p

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