The British journal of dermatology (1888) (14764843354)

Identifier: n08britishjournal23brit (find matches)
Title: The British journal of dermatology
Year: 1888 (1880s)
Authors: British Association of Dermatology
Subjects: Dermatology Syphilis
Publisher: London H.K. Lewis (etc.)
Contributing Library: Gerstein - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto



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as she was not so well and had sevenmore applications of X-rays at intervals, the last being on July 11th,1911. When seen on June 20tli there was no sign of nny nuiligiuiutulceration. Each application of X-rays had been of ten minutesduration, the anode being kept at 7J> in. from the patient and ^Vmilliampere was run through the tube. No sign of any redness, etc.,due to X-rays was ever noticed. When seen on July 20th ))atient said she had had a sore place IvOVAL S\vii-j)itc-t> was present lieliind the U-It shouhh-r and on the upperarm. The Hoor was ecxered with a foul-snulliiiL; dischar and raised, of a dull rtd cdjoui-. and Med easily.The surrounding urea was i-ed, and ai)ple-jelly colour appiared onpressure. Several large, liard, nievtahle, paiidess glands were pi-esentin the axilla l»ur noiu in the sn;u-a-cla\ icular Il-gion.
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The President sliowed icater-culuiir draicinys of tJie sculp andhody of a child, who was suddenly attacked witli acute pityriasis ofthe scalp and a descending erytheniata-squanions macular eruptionover the face, neck, greater part of the body and limbs. It startedabout three weeks after the scalp had been X-rayed for ringworm,and extended rapidly; it was easily controlled and cured. Severalsimilar cases had been observed in the Downs School of the Metro-politan Asylums Board. An impetigo of the scalp occasionally follows 248 hOYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE. raying in exactly the same way. Ilie explanation probably is that thescalp is previously infected, and then the X-rays sets up a slightactive congestion, which renders the soil more vulnerable, and amicrobe then grows rapidly. Dr. Adamson said that these eruptions were not uncommon in the out-patientdepartment of a childrens hospital independently of X-ray treatment. He wasaccustomed to call them acute sehorrhoeic dermatitis. Always in t