ROXBURGH'S COMMON SKIN DISEASES

Common Skin Diseases

Common Skin Diseases

A point on pseudo-chancre redux raised by the reviewer in the last edition has been settled in consonance with the modern opinion in this edition. Among the rare diseases are included pemphigus and under it the Senear-Usher type of it. Concerning the non-essential, this edition compares very unfavourably with the last. The binding has been done badly. Stitches crumple nearly every leaf and cut ...

Common Skin Diseases

Common Skin Diseases

Notes on Common Skin Diseases

Synonyms.?Bengal (Hong Kong, Singapore, etc.) rot, mango-toe, athlete's foot and foot tethers are synonyms for ringworm of the foot. The disease is caused by a fungus, chiefly the Epidermophyton fioccosum, and the nidus of infection is usually the feet, between the toes, especially the fourth and fifth toe, and the groin area. From the toes the infection spreads to the other parts of the foot a...