A Treatise on the Materia Medica and Therapeutics of the Skin, Page 627, Volume 1881 |
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acid Acidum acne affection alopecia Alopecia areata appear application Aquæ arsenic bath capitis cause caustic cautery chancre chancroids chloasma Chlor chronic color condition course crusts cure cutaneous diseases desquamation diagnosis Diagnosis.-The Diaphoresis Diaphoretic diathesis disappear doses drug eczema employed epidermis eruption erysipelas Erythema Extractum exudation Favus fluid follicles followed frequently Furuncles glycerine hair heat HEBRA Herpes Hydrarg Hydrargyri Hyperidrosis impetigo infiltration inflammation iodide irritation itching later Leprosy lesions less Lichen lotion Lupus Medical medicine ment mercury mucous nævus occur ointment Oleum oxidation pain papules patches patient Pemphigus pills pityriasis Plumbi Potassii present produce prognosis Pruritus psoriasis pustular pustules rarely relapse REMARKS.-The officinal preparations remedy removed result Rhus Rosacea rubbed Scabies scalp scrofulous skin soap solution sometimes stratum corneum sulphur superficial surface symptoms syphilis tincture tion tissue treatment Trichophytosis tubercles tumor U.S.
A. Diaphoretic ulcers Urticaria usually vesicles Zinci Zoster
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