Dr. J. Moore Neligan's practical treatise on diseases of the skin

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OTHER WORKS BY THE EDITOR.

REFORMATORIES FOR DRUNKARDS

8vo. Dublin, 1862.

Preface To The First Edition

In submitting the observations contained in the following pages to the Profession, the Author has been influenced chiefly by a desire to offer, as an aid to the diagnosis and treatment of an important class of diseases, the results of an experience acquired during several years’ special attention to the study of cutaneous eruptions. Of late years the British Medical press has abounded with monographs on other special affections, but few have been published on those of the skin ; he has, therefore, thought that a concise practical Treatise on them might find favour with the Profession.

As regards the plan adopted in the construction of the work, the only points requiring notice are the omission of the details of cases which might be cited to prove the correctness of the views propounded, and the slight reference to other writers on the same subject: for both the only apology he has to offer is his anxious desire to condense the inquiry he proposed to himself within as narrow limits as possible, being fully aware “ how great an evil a great book ” is to the physician busily engaged in practice.

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TO THE READER.

In order to the better understanding of this book, the Reader is recommended to peruse the Editor’s and the Author’s Prefaces ; to examine the Table of Contents, the Bibliographical Index, and also the General Index of Words and Matters.

In quoting any authority recourse should be had to the Bibliographical Index, in which, for the most part, will be found the full titles of books and papers noted in the text.

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The following corrections require to be made in the text — p. 123, for “ Med. Chir.Rev., January, 1863,” read “ Ranking’s Abstract XLI, 123 p. 139, for “Barin” read “Bazin;” p. 305, for “ 69th volumes ” read “Dr. Cotton’s in the 69th volume.”

Chapter I

Classification — Importance of the Study of Diseases of the Skin — Antiquity of Jewish, Egyptian, Arabian, Greek, and Latin Classifications — Important Changes caused in Cutaneous Nosology by Microscopic Discoveries — Classifications: Artificial, Natural, and Regional — Systems of Riolanus, Plenck, Willan, Lorry, Mercurialis, Turner, Alibert, Cazenave, Wilson, Hardy, Hebra, Buchanan, Fox, Bennett, and Neligan — pp. 1-25.

Chapter II

Exanthemata General Definition. Erythema — Varieties of —

Hebra’s Division of — E. Simplex — E. Intertrigo — E. Circinatum — E. Marginatum — E Papulatum — E. Nodosum — E. Tuberculatum et (E demat osum—E. resembling Superficial Acrodynia — Diagnosis of Erythema — Prognosis — Treatment. — pp. 26-38. Erysipelas —

E. Iodiopathicum — E. Traumaticum — E. Phlegmonodes — Causes — Contagious Properties — Diagnosis — Prognosis — Pathology — Treatment— Authorities on — pp. 38-57. Urticaria — Febrilis, Evanida, Tuberosa, Conferta, Intermittens, Subcutanea — Diagnosis — Prognosis— Pathology — Treatment — pp. 57-67. Roseola — Idiopathica, Symptomatica, JEstiva, Autumnalis, Annulata, Punctata — Cause — Diagnosis — Prognosis — Treatment — pp. 67-73. Rubeola — Vul-

garis— Maligna — Nigra — Sine Catarrh o — Sine Exanthemate — Notha — Camp Measles — Exciting Causes — Sequelae — Diagnosis — Treatment — Authorities on — pp. 73-77. Scarlatina — Simplex —

Anginosa — Maligna — Sine Exanthemate — Papulosa vel Milliformis — Vesicularis — vel Phlyctaenosa vel Pustulosa — Prognosis — Diagnosis — Treatment — Sequelae — Authorities on — Rosalia — pp. 78-82. Variola — Discreta, Confluens, Varioloid, Sine Erup-

tione — Diagnosis — Treatment — Prevention of Pitting in — Plan of a Bed for Use in cases of — Varicella — Vaccinia — Vaccinella — Maculae of Typhus and Typhoid — Ilillier’s Table for Diagnosing between various Exanthemata — List of Authorities — pp. 82-92.

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Contents

Flavescens, Nigricans — Inflammatio F olliculorum — Remarkable Case of S. Nigricans — Causes of Stearrkoea — Diagnosis — Prognosis— Treatment — pp. 307-313. Elephantiasis — Meaning of the term — Synonyms — E. Grcecorum — Description of — Mead, Good, and Lucretius on — Identical with Mediaeval Leprosy — Account of Leper Hospitals, particularly in Great Britain and Ireland — Elephantiasis in Northern Europe, Spain, andMorocca — E. Tuberculosa, Amestlietica — Treatment, Danielssen and Boeck on — Elephantiasis in India — Dr. Carter on Nature of the Disease — Morphie of Brazil — Frambcesia, or Radesyge, Treatment of — Morbus Tauricus , the Aleppo Evil — Ngerengere of New Zealand — Cacubay of Jamaica — Pellagra , or Elephantiasis Italica — Treatment — Authorities — pp. 313-326. Elephantiasis Arabum — Causes — Pathology— Treatment — Authorities on — pp. 326-329. The Leprosy of the Hebrews — What was the disease ? — Accounts of the Levitical Canon and Ancient Historians — Technical terms employed in the Hebrew, Greek, Latin, and English Versions of the Mosaic Law — Celsus, Galen, Rhenferdius, Schilling, Mead, Mason Good, and others on — Jewish Leprosy not Elephantiasis, but rather Psoriasis — Authorities on — pp. 329-339. Verrucce , Nature and Treatment of — Clams, Nature and Treatment of — Callositat.es, Candy lomata , and Ncevus , Nature and Treatment of — pp. 339-346.

CHAPTER VIII.

Hemorrhagic — Rashes of Fevers — Purpura, Simplex, Hemorrhagica, Cachectica, Contagiosa — Causes — Diagnosis — Prognosis — Pathology — Treatment — Neligan’s Treatment by Turpentine — Scorbutus , the Plague at Athens, as described by Thucydides — pp. 347-361.