Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology

GUTIERREZ, PERPETUO D.

1925 Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology

doi: 10.1001/archderm.1925.02370080003001

Abstract REVIEW OF LITERATURE According to Silva,1 Lutz (who published his work on some cases found in Brazil in the Monatshefte für Dermatologie in 1892) was the first to describe this affection. Neveux2 also claims premier honors for Jeanselme3 and states that Jeanselme had seen these tumors in Indo-China between 1889 and 1900. Before Silva's article appeared, credit for the discovery of these tumors was generally conceded to Sir William MacGregor,4 who, in 1900, called attention to a "curious multiple tumor" found in natives of New Guinea. MacGregor noted the tumors about the elbows and other parts of the body that come in contact with the ground when the natives sleep. He thought that the affection was due to a parasite.In April, 1904, Steiner,5 independently and not knowing of MacGregor's work, described similar tumors occurring in the natives of Malay. The tumors observed by him References 1. Silva, F.: Lutz-Jeanselme Juxta-Articular Nodes , Brazil-med., Rio de Janeiro 34:687 ( (Oct. 16) ) 1920 2. abstr., J. A. M. A. 76:345 ( (Jan. 29) ) 1921. 3. Neveux, L.: Deuxième note sur le narinde , Rev. de méd. et d'hyg. trop., Paris 5:150, 1908. 4. Jeanselme, E.: Compt. rend. Soc. de méd. et d'hyg. coloniales , 1904, p. 15 5. Rev. de méd. et d'hyg. trop., Paris 2:11, 1905. 6. MacGregor, W.: An Address on Some Problems of Tropical Medicine , Lancet 2:1060, 1900. 7. Steiner, L.: Ueber multiple subkutane fibröse Geschwülste bei den Malaien , Arch. f. Schiffs- u. Tropen-Hyg. 8:156, 1904. 8. Jeanselme, E.: Des nodosités juxta-articulaires of observées sur les indigènes de la Presqu'ile Indo-Chinoise , Rev. de méd. et d'hyg. trop., Paris 2: 11, 1905. 9. Gross, H.: Les nodosités juxta-articulaires chez les indigènes Mussulmans , Bull. med. de l'Algérie 18, (March 15) , 1907. 10. Neveux, L.: Le marinde, fibromatomes souscutanés des toncouleux du Bordon (Sénégal) , Rev. de méd. et d'hyg. trop. 4:183, 1907. 11. Breinl, A.: On the Occurrence and Prevalence of Diseases in British New Guinea , Ann. Trop. M. & Parasitol. 9:294, 1915. 12. Fontoynont and Carougeau: Nodosités juxta-articulaires, mycose due aux discomyces Carougeau , Arch. de parasitol. 13:538, 1909. 13. Leboeuf: Note sur l'existence des nodosités juxta-articulaires de Jeanselme dans l'Arch. Calédonien , Ann. d'hyg. et de méd. colon 14:594, 1911. 14. Joyeux, C.: Contribution a l'étude des nodosités juxta-articulaires , Bull. Soc. de path. exot. 6:701, 1913. 15. Davey, J. B.: The Etiology of Juxta-Articular Subcutaneous Nodules , Ann. Trop. M. & Parasitol. 9:421, 1915. 16. Commes, C.: Nodosités juxta-articulaires, Examen histologique , Bull. Soc. de path. exot. 9:212, 1916. 17. Jeanselme, E.: Sur la structure des nodosités juxta-articulaires , Bull. Soc. de path. exot. 9:287, 1916. 18. Brault: Note au sujet de nodosités juxta-articulaires , Bull. Soc. de path. exot. 9:314, 1916. 19. Currie, D. H., and Hollman, H. T.: Juxta-Articular Nodules in the Tropics-Hawaiian Islands , New Orleans M. & S. J. 71:384, 1919. 20. Poupelain: Les nodosités juxta-articulaires d'origine probablement syphilitique , Bull. Soc. de path. exot. 13:548, 1920. 21. Montel, L. R.: Nodosités juxta-articulaires d'origine probablement syphilitique , Bull. Soc. path. exot. 13:738, 1920. 22. Foley, H., and Parrot, I.: Nodosités juxta-articulaires chez les annamites , Bull. Soc. de path. exot. 13:554, 1920. 23. Gougerot; Burnier, and Bonin: Nodosités juxta-articulaires et syphilis , Ann. d. mal. ven. 15:313, 1920. 24. van Dijke, M. J. v., and Oudendal, A. J. F.: Distribution, Histology, Etiology of the "Nodosités Juxta-Articulaires" among Malay People , Mededeelingen van den burgerlijken geneeskudigen Dienst in Nederlandsch-Indie , 1923, Part (2) , p. 143. 25. Mendelson, R. W.: Xanthoma Tropicum, Juxta-Articular Nodules , J. Trop. Med. & Hyg. 26:181 ( (June 1) ) 1923. 26. Picout-Laforest, A.: Un cas de nodosités juxta-articulaires d'origine syphilitique chez un indigène du Sahara , Arch. Inst. Pasteur de l'Afrique du Nord 3:143, 1923. 27. Argaud, R., and Nenon, J.: Étude histologique d'un cas de nodosités juxta-articulaires , Arch. Inst. Pasteur de l'Afrique du Nord 2:465, 1922. 28. Montenegro, J.: Eto-pathogenis des nodosidades juxta-articulares , Bull. Soc. med. cirug. de S. Paolo-Brazil 5:199, 1922. 29. Clapier, P.: Nodosités juxta-articulaires et tréponèmes , Bull. Soc. de path. exot. 16:553, 1923. 30. Fontoynont and Carougeau: Les nodosités juxta-articulaires. Mycose dûe aux discomyces Carougeau , Arch. de parasitol. 13:583, 1909. 31. Castellani and Chalmers: Manual of Tropical Medicine , Ed. 3, New York, William Wood & Co., pp. 1066-2260. 32. Ouzilleau: L'éléphantiasis et le filarioses , Ann. d'hyg. et de med. colon. 16:606, 1913. 33. Brumpt, quoted by Davey, Footnote 13. 34. Mouchet, R., and Dubois, A.: Le traitement du pian et de la syphilis par le salvarsan dans le pratique indigène , Bull. Soc. de path. exot. 6:14, 1913. 35. Weber, F. P.: Chronic Fibroid Subcutaneous Syphilomata of the Legs, Associated with Chronic Periurethral Induration in the Penis, So-Called "Indurated Penis Plasticum," Brit. J. Dermat. 32:173 ( (June) ) 1920. 36. Goodman, H., and Young, W. J.: A Clinical Pathological Study of an Unusual Syphilitic Manifestation Resembling Juxta-Articular Nodules , Am. J. M. Sc. 159:231 ( (Feb.) ) 1920. 37. Fox, H.: Subcutaneous Fibroid Syphilomas of Elbows and Knees , Arch. Dermat. & Syph. 5:198 ( (Feb.) ) 1922.

KLAUDER, JOSEPH V.

1925 Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology

doi: 10.1001/archderm.1925.02370080015002

Abstract The patient whose case history appears herein presented a generalized eruption of such extraordinary character that it was deemed worthy of report. A negress, aged 23, presented a diffuse generalized papular, squamous, nodular eruption (Figs. 1 and 2). The lesions were psoriasiform and infiltrated; some were annular, and others followed the natural line of cleavage of the skin. In the course of twenty-one months, almost all of the lesions involuted, with scar formation, some with prior ulceration. The scars were soft and pliable, resembling the scars of syphilids (Figs. 5 and 6). There were constitutional and objective symptoms of an infection, the nature of which was undetermined. Histologically, the picture was that of a granuloma (Fig. 3). Laboratory and animal inoculation studies were negative. No definite clinical diagnosis was made. Indeed, the diagnosis of the eruption was puzzling to all of the dermatologists1 who observed the patient during her References 1. The patient was also exhibited by Dr. Fred D. Weidman at a joint meeting of the Boston, New York and Philadelphia Dermatological Societies, October, 1924. Opinion seemed to be uniformly in favor of a tuberculous origin of the eruption. 2. Schamberg, J. F., and Harkins, M. J.: Study of a Case of Acnitis with Particular Reference to the Bacteriologic Findings , Arch. Dermat. & Syph. (To be published) 3. Guy, W. H.: Etiology of Papulonecrotic Tuberculid , Arch. Dermat. & Syph. 8:755 ( (Dec.) ) 1923 4. Strumia, Max: Experimental Reproduction of the Lesions of Acne Varioliformis , Arch. Dermat. & Syph. 10:702 ( (Dec.) ) 1924.

WEISS, RICHARD S.;TOBIAS, NORMAN

1925 Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology

doi: 10.1001/archderm.1925.02370080026003

Abstract Dermatologists had for years recognized atypical types of ichthyosis. but it remained for Brocq,1 in 1881, to emphasize congenital ichthyosiform erythroderma as a clinical entity. His report was published in the Annales de dermatologie et de syphiligraphie. Up to the time MacKee and Rosen2 published their excellent monograph on the subject. most of the cases of the disease had been reported from France. These authors collected forty-five cases in the literature, added four of their own, and made a comprehensive contribution to our knowledge of the subject. The descriptive term erythroderma congenitale ichthyosiforme was applied by Brocq to a rare form of ichthyosis characterized by the following features: (1) beginning in early infancy as a rule, (2) generalized redness, exaggerated on the neck and folds of the joints and limbs, (3) generalized hyperkeratosis, (4) seborrhea of the scalp and face, (5) overdevelopment of the hair and nails, (6) References 1. Brocq: Erythrodermie congenitale ichthyosiforme avec hyperepidermotrophie , Ann. de dermat. et syph. 3:1, 1902. 2. MacKee and Rosen: Erythrodermie Congenitale Ichthyosiforme , J. Cutan. Dis. 35:235-252, 343-361, 511-540, 1917. 3. O'Donovan: Bullous Ichthyosis , Brit. J. Dermat. 54:287, 1922. 4. Levin: Ichthyosis with Bullous Lesion , Arch. Dermat. & Syph. 3:471 ( (April) ) 1921. 5. Pernet: Bullous Ichthyosis , Brit. J. Dermat. 23:344, 1911. 6. Wise: Generalized Neurodermatitis and Ichthyosis , Arch. Dermat. & Syph. 6:227 ( (Feb.) ) 1922. 7. Bockholt: Congenitale Erythrodermie Ichthyosiforme , Dermat. Wchnschr. 16:449, 1924. 8. Mello, quoted by Bockholt, footnote 7. 9. Darier: Textbook of Dermatology , Philadelphia, Lea & Febiger, 1920, p. 204. 10. Whitehouse: Ichthyotic Condition with Erythema , Arch. Dermat. & Syph. 1:724 ( (June) ) 1920. 11. Barber: Erythrodermie Ichthyosiforme Congenitale , Brit. J. Dermat. 32:20, 1920. 12. Parounagian: Erythroderma Congenitale Ichthyosiforme (?) , Arch. Dermat. & Syph. 3:710 ( (May) ) 1921. 13. Jeanselme: Erythrokeratodermia Extending in Geographic Plaques , Bull. de Soc. franç. de dermat. et syph. 29:150, 1922. 14. Zeisler: Congenitale Ichthyosiforme Erythrodermie , Arch. Dermat. & Syph. 6:242 ( (Feb.) ) 1922. 15. Oliver: Congenital Ichthyosiform Erythroderma , Arch. Dermat. & Syph. 7:831 ( (June) ) 1923. 16. Archibald: Erythrodermie congenitale ichthyosiforme in an Arab child , J. Trop. M. 26:180, 1923. 17. Parounagian: Erythroderma Congenitale Ichthyosiforme , Arch. Dermat. & Syph. 7:258 ( (Feb.) ) 1923. 18. Gottron: Congenital Symmetrical Progressive Erythrokeratoderma , Arch. Dermat. & Syph. 7:416 ( (March) ) 1923. 19. Scheer: Erythrodermie Congenitale Ichthyosiforme , Arch. Dermat. & Syph. 9:794 ( (June) ) 1924. 20. Fox: Parapsoriasis , Arch. Dermat. & Syph. 7:673 ( (May) ) 1923. 21. Wile: Familial Study of Three Unusual Cases of Congenital Ichthyosiform Erythrodermia , Arch. Dermat. & Syph. 10:487 ( (Oct.) ) 1924.

DANFORTH, C. H.

1925 Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology

doi: 10.1001/archderm.1925.02370080039004

This article is only available in the PDF format. Download the PDF to view the article, as well as its associated figures and tables. Abstract V. FACTORS AFFECTING THE GROWTH OF HAIR Although complete agreement as to the exact nature of the histologic changes that take place in the follicle during growth and replacement of hair is still lacking, the general character of these processes is more or less evident. But when it comes to the factors that control, or even influence, production of hair, the available information is far less satisfactory. Even in the apparently simpler phases of the problem, those relating to the normal duration of life for individual hairs and periods of activity and quiescence in the follicle, there is a deficiency of convincing data. This is not because of lack of work in these lines, but is due rather to certain inherent difficulties in the problem and occasionally, perhaps, to faulty premises as to the character of hair growth in general. The evidences of endocrine and other indirect influences are abundant,

GUY, W. H.;JACOB, F. M.

1925 Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology

doi: 10.1001/archderm.1925.02370080077005

This article is only available in the PDF format. Download the PDF to view the article, as well as its associated figures and tables. Abstract Incidental to the recent smallpox epidemic and consequent widespread vaccination, we have seen thirty-five cases presenting unusual dermatologic sequelae. The history in all cases was practically the same. Subsequent to complete healing (as late as six weeks after healing), there appeared an eruption beginning in the vaccination scar as an erythematous, slightly scaly spot. After forty-eight to seventy-two hours, the lesion was sharply marginated, slowly spreading, and the scaling more abundant. Lesions enlarged gradually until they measured from 4 to 8 cm. in diameter. New lesions appeared near the original lesion in about one third of the cases. In one or two cases, confluence of lesions was noted, and in two cases similar lesions appeared in distant parts of the body. The duration varied from four days to three months. We noted no tendency toward spontaneous involution. In one case, the lesions were impetiginous. Direct examination in twenty cases revealed

BECKER, S. WILLIAM

1925 Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology

doi: 10.1001/archderm.1925.02370080079006

Abstract One occasionally encounters cases of dermatitis with such a definite etiologic relation to lesions of the peripheral nerves that this association can scarcely be considered coincidental. Such a condition was recently observed in the Mayo Clinic. REPORT OF A CASE A woman, aged 47, was seen on Aug. 3, 1921, with a distinct erythema and a papulo-vesiculo-pustular eruption on the right side of the face. There was considerable scaling, oozing and crusting. At no time during observation was an herpetic aspect apparent. There was seborrheic dermatitis of the scalp. The past history revealed that the patient had been suffering from trigeminal neuralgia of the left side since 1907, and of the right side also since 1912. Numerous injections had been made into the nerves of both sides with osmic acid and alcohol. On Dec. 11, 1920, the posterior root of the right trigeminal nerve had been sectioned, and three weeks References 1. Corlett, W. T.: Diseases of the Skin Associated with Derangements of the Nervous System , Am. J. M. Sc. 103:633-642, 1892. 2. Cavafy, John: Acute Eczema of the Face, Following Neuralgia , Brit. M. J. 2:126, 1880.Crossref 3. Leloir, H. C.: Recherches cliniques et anatomo-pathologiques sur les affections cutanées d'origine nerveuse, Thèse de Paris, 1881, No. 431. 4. Mitchell, S. W.: Injuries of Nerves and Their Consequences , Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott Company, 1872. 5. Charcot, J. M.: Lectures on the Diseases of the Nervous System , London, New Sydenham Society, 1877-1889. 6. Arnozan, X.: Des lésions trophiques consécutives au maladies du système nerveux, Thèse de Paris, 1880. 7. Savill, T. D.: Two Clinical Lectures on Dermato-neuroses, from a Neurological Standpoint , Clin. J. 11:317-322; 345-352, 1898-1899. 8. Schwimmer, E.: Die neuropathischen Dermatosen , Wien. und Leipzig, Urban und Schwarzenberg, 1883. 9. Leloir, H. C.: Leçons nouvelles sur les affections cutanées d'origine nerveuse; des affections cutanées d'origine spinale, produites par des lésions nerveuses périphériques , Ann. de dermat. et syph. 17:705-732, 1886. 10. Duplay, quoted by Leloir. 11. Zeisler, Joseph: Trophic Dermatoses Following Fractures , J. Cutan. Dis. 16:305-308. 1898. 12. Dumenil, quoted by Leloir and Kopp. 13. Kopp, C.: Die Trophoneurosen der Haut, Wien. Braumüller, 1886, p. 10. 14. Cassirer: Die vasomotor-trophischen Neurosen , Berlin, Karger, 1912, Chapter 3 . 15. Vulpian, quoted by Cassirer, Footnote 14, Chapter 3. 16. Salvioli, quoted by Cassirer, Footnote 14, Chapter 3. 17. Bikeles and Jasinski, quoted by Cassirer, Footnote 18, Chapter 3. 18. Cassirer, R.: Die vasomotor-trophischen Neurosen , Berlin, Karger, 1912, pp. 988. 19. Dore, S. E.: On the Contractility and Nervous Supply of the Capillaries , Brit. J. Dermat. 35:398-404 ( (Nov.) ) 1923.Crossref 20. Crocker, H. R.: Lesions of the Nervous System Etiologically Related to Cutaneous Disease , Brain 7:343-369, 1884-1885.Crossref 21. Bruce, A. N.: Ueber die Beziehung der sensiblen Nervenendigungen zum Entzündungsvorgang , Arch. f. exper. Path. u. Pharmakol. 63:424-433, 1910.Crossref

BAYLIS, ADELAIDE B.;SHEPLAR, ADELE E.;NEAL, WARD J. Mac

1925 Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology

doi: 10.1001/archderm.1925.02370080086007

Abstract The serologic test for syphilis now employed by Vernes depends on a flocculation reaction between the patient's serum and a specially prepared reagent designated as péréthynol. PREPARATION OF PÉRÉTHYNOL The preparation of this reagent is somewhat similar to the preparation of the antigen for the modern modified Wassermann test, but there are important differences. Powdered dry muscle of the horse's heart is extracted in a Soxhlet apparatus with ethylene chlorid (C2H4Cl2) in vacuo (manometer reading of 55 to 65 mm.). The muscle residue is then dried at 38 C. in the air and again extracted with absolute ethyl alcohol in vacuo or diluted with additional absolute ethyl alcohol, as may be necessary, until it contains precisely 15 gm. of dry extractives in 1,000 c.c. This solution is péréthynol, the name having been obtained by a contraction of the combined names of the extracting reagents, per References 1. Vernes, Arthur: Compt. rend. Acad. d. sc. 166:575, 1918. 2. Baylis, Adelaide, B.; Sheplar, Adele E., and Mac Neal, Ward, J.: Simultaneous Vernes and Wassermann Tests for Syphilis , Arch. Dermat. & Syph. 10:306 ( (Sept.) ) 1924. 3. Vernes, Arthur: L'organisation de la syphilimetrie , Paris, Maloine et Fils, 1923, Fascicule (2) , p. 74. 4. The Vernes method is applicable to spinal fluid by an altered technic, which we shall not discuss in the present communication. 5. Vernes, Arthur: La portée sociale de la mesure d l'infection syphilitique , Paris, Maloine et Fils, 1924, Fascicule (3) , p. 17.

PARKHURST, H. J.

1925 Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology

doi: 10.1001/archderm.1925.02370080097008

Abstract In February, 1924, the patient whose case is reported was referred to my office from a local machine shop. Case 1.— Mrs. E. J. A., American, aged 19, who had been employed in the production of blue prints for six weeks, showed an eruption of five weeks' duration on the forearms, especially in the cubital flexures, the flexor surfaces of the wrists and the dorsa of the fingers and the anterior surface of the neck. On a diffusely erythematous and edematous background, there were many closely crowded vesicles of pin-point size, the typical picture of dermatitis venenata. There were distressing sensations of itching and burning. A tentative diagnosis of dermatosis industrialis was made and an antipruritic calamine lotion prescribed; the patient was directed to remain away from her work. Within a few days, the eruption had subsided. On inquiry, it was found that while at work she had been almost References 1. White, R. Prosser: Occupational Affections of the Skin , New York, 1920. 2. The use of the word "chrome" in literature is unfortunate. It generally connotes the lead chromate (called "chromate yellow") used as a pigment; it is well to bear in mind whether or not the lead is not the causative component of untoward reactions. In other cases, "chrome" refers to chromium compounds in which the chromium occurs either as a base (as in chromic sulphate) or as part of the acid radicals (as in chromates and dichromates). 3. Thorndike: Boston M. & S. J. 177:119, 1917. 4. LaRocco, C. G.: Personal communication to the author. 5. White, R.: Footnote 1, p. 231.

MONTGOMERY, DOUGLASS W.;CULVER, GEORGE D.

1925 Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology

doi: 10.1001/archderm.1925.02370080101009

Abstract Pityriasis rosea is a disease of unknown origin, but of well defined course and symptoms, and for these and other reasons should be accounted a true morbid entity. It usually begins as a single, light red, scaly patch called the primitive or herald patch, which generally appears on the trunk, on the neck or on the limbs near the trunk. In a short time, this is followed by a vast number of similar but smaller patches, also scattered over the trunk and upper part of the limbs, fequently with a tendency to be more abundant about the primitive patch as if they spread from it. These patches enlarge peripherally, and as they do the center becomes buff colored and finely wrinkled, resembling the wrinkles in cigaret paper. From their incipiency, the patches have a fluffy desquamation, an important diagnostic point, as between these and the roseola of syphilis, which although References 1. Brocq, L.: Precis, Atlas de Pratique Dermatologique , Paris, 1921, Planche L. 2. Ravaut: On a observé une réaction positive méme daus une simple pityriasis rosé trés intense , in Gougerot, H.: La Syphilis en Clientele , 1918, p. 597.

HAZEN, H. H.;WHITMORE, E. R.

1925 Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology

doi: 10.1001/archderm.1925.02370080105010

Abstract That emotional disturbances will cause such transitory cutaneous symptoms as blushing, pallor and excessive perspiration is well recognized by the laity, but that lesions of long duration and considerable severity may result is frequently overlooked by the profession. In our judgment, the following conditions are clean-cut clinical entities; and certain of them are invariably, and the remainder frequently, due to emotional upsets. The cases reported are from private practice, and all were under observation for a sufficiently long period to insure careful study. It should be clearly understood that the authors claim no particular training or experience in psychanalysis; but both are far removed from the pure Freudian school. TRANSIENT ERYTHEMAS Erythemas of from one hour's to three days' duration are rightly considered to be due to toxins, either internal or external, in the vast majority of instances. However, we have seen three cases in which there is good reason References 1. Brocq: Traité elementaire de dermatologie pratique , Paris 2:35, 1907. 2. Highman: J. Cutan. Dis. 35:26, 1917. 3. Wise: J. Cutan. Dis. 37:590, 1919. 4. Montague: An Original Bacteriologic Research on Pruritus of the Perineum , Arch. Dermat. & Syph. 10:42 ( (July) ) 1924. 5. Fournier: J. malad. cutan. et Syph. , (April) , 1898. 6. Adamson: Brit. J. Dermat. 27:1 ( (Jan.) ) 1915. 7. MacKee, G. M.: Neurotic Excoriations , Arch. Dermat. & Syph. 1:256 ( (March) ) 1920. 8. Pusey, W. A., and Senear, F. E.: Neurotic Excoriations with Report of Cases , Arch. Derm. & Syph. 1:270 ( (March) ) 1920. 9. Besnier: Monatschr. f. prakt. Dermat. 9:572, 1889. 10. Sutton, R. L.: Trichokyptomania , J. A. M. A. 66:185 ( (Jan. 15) ) 1916.

PERNET, GEORGE

1925 Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology

doi: 10.1001/archderm.1925.02370080111011

Abstract In December, 1919, a woman brought her daughter, aged 7, for treatment of a condition of the scalp which had been diagnosed by a dermatologist in California as a disease of the oil glands of the scalp (that is, seborrhea capitis). Clinically, the case was undoubted tinea tonsurans, and I confirmed my diagnosis microscopically at the time (Microsporon audouini). The mother then told me that her little boy also had developed ringworm of the scalp, and was said to have been cured by a physician in England, who had treated him for tinea tonsurans. The boy had not received roentgen-ray treatment. Subsequently, in May, 1920, I saw the lad, and after careful microscopic examination, I could find no trace of fungus. The girl was given roentgen-ray treatment and recovered. At the time of the consultation, in December, 1919, the mother, aged 36, said that she felt sure from sensations in References 1. " Tinea Tonsurans in a Woman of 60 ," Brit. J. Dermat. 24:141, 1912

MacKee, George M.

1925 Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology

doi: 10.1001/archderm.1925.02370080112012

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1925 Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology

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Wise, Fred

1925 Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology

doi: 10.1001/archderm.1925.02370080122014

This article is only available in the PDF format. Download the PDF to view the article, as well as its associated figures and tables. Abstract Recklinghausen's Disease (Abortive Type). Presented by Dr. Adolph Rostenberg. B. R., a boy, aged 8 years, was the youngest of seven children, all the others being normal. The parents were second cousins. The condition presented was first noticed at the age of 3. The boy was fairly well developed and presented about a dozen brownish (café au lait) spots, about 2 to 4 cm. in diameter, disseminated over the body; interspersed with these were a large number of reddish macules varying in size from that of a millet seed to that of a pea. The boy also had a patch of alopecia areata on the left temporal region and a nevus pilosus over the right ear. He was also suffering from an undescended testicle. His teeth were poorly developed and defective. He had a highly arched palate, his speech was defective, and his mentality was decidedly inferior. DISCUSSION Dr. Pollitzer

Scheer, Max

1925 Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology

doi: 10.1001/archderm.1925.02370080136015

This article is only available in the PDF format. Download the PDF to view the article, as well as its associated figures and tables. Abstract Erythema Induration, Bazin. Presented by Dr. Ochs. M. F., aged 32, married, had been suffering for the past three years from a skin eruption which attacked the lower part of the legs both anteriorly and on the sides. The lesions appeared as sharply defined, indurated masses under the skin, which quickly rose to the surface and began to ulcerate. A Wassermann reaction on three occasions proved negative. Attention was called to the grouping of the lower ulcer, somewhat simulating syphilis. DISCUSSION Drs. Kingsbury, Gilmour, Wallhauser and Oulmann agreed with the diagnosis as presented.Dr. Weiss said that he did not think there was as much sloughing in erythema induratum, as this patient presented.Dr. Scheer said that ulceration sometimes occurred in these lesions.Dr. Rosen considered this case was very instructive. He wished to emphasize the resemblance of the lesions on the legs to syphilitic gummas, and thought that Dr.

Corson, E. F.

1925 Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology

doi: 10.1001/archderm.1925.02370080141016

This article is only available in the PDF format. Download the PDF to view the article, as well as its associated figures and tables. Abstract A Case for Diagnosis. Presented by Dr. Ludy. Miguel M., aged 35, a Filipino, had had an eruption for six months. There were diffuse brownish-red infiltrations of the forehead, also of the nose, lobes of the ears and promontories of the cheek. The palms were keratotic and covered by a fine scale. The legs were covered by the ichthyosiform scales which overlay superficial brown patches of infiltration. Neurologists had discovered thickened ulnar nerves. The patient had received twenty-five injections of arsphenamin and many injections of mercury during the past three years. Smears from the nose were negative for the lepra bacillus. The Wassermann test was negative. There were no infiltrations in the mouth or about the uvula. The involvement of the lower extremities was more marked than of the arms. DISCUSSION Dr. Weidman said that in his opinion the case was one of Hansen's disease, and the only condition that

Phillips, H. T.

1925 Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology

doi: 10.1001/archderm.1925.02370080145017

This article is only available in the PDF format. Download the PDF to view the article, as well as its associated figures and tables. Abstract Dermatitis Gangrenosa Infantum. Presented by Drs. Guy and Jacob. A colored child, aged 4 months, presented an eruption of one month's duration, having a predilection for the lower part of the abdomen and the perineum. Scars of healed lesions were scattered irregularly over the entire body, except the face. The active lesions, which began as gangrenous spots or pustular lesions with slough formation, were noted at the time of presentation as numerous, deep, sharply marginated ulcers varying in size from that of a split pea to that of a quarter, and discharging a thin yellowish pus. Several lesions were present on the vulva, one of which still contained the gangrenous plug. The child was also suffering from a phlyctenular keratitis and had a constant temperature of 102 F. Smears revealed ordinary pyogenic organisms. Cultures had been made. The Wassermann test was negative. DISCUSSION Dr. Norris agreed with the diagnosis.Dr. Busman suggested neo-arsphenamin

Wile, Udo J.

1925 Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology

doi: 10.1001/archderm.1925.02370080150018

This article is only available in the PDF format. Download the PDF to view the article, as well as its associated figures and tables. Abstract A Case for Diagnosis. Presented by Dr. Biddle. C. W., a laborer, aged 21, presented scattered erythematosquamous patches, some of which were lichenified, especially on the lower extremities, buttocks and forearms; there was some pruritus. The eruption had been present for seven months. DISCUSSION Dr. Perkins said that there was definite vesiculation in some of the patches, suggesting that this was probably dermatitis herpetiformis.Dr. Parkhurst said that he had seen no vesicles in this case, but that the elementary lesion seemed to be a small follicular papule. The palms and soles were not involved, and there was seborrhea of the scalp, therefore a diagnosis of seborrheic dermatitis would have to be considered.Dr. Bartholomew said that he would not favor a diagnosis of dermatitis herpetiformis in this case.Dr. Doty remarked that the patches might be of dermatophytic origin.Dr. Wile agreed with Dr. Perkins as to the possibility

Schwartz, Hans Jorgen

1925 Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology

doi: 10.1001/archderm.1925.02370080152019

This article is only available in the PDF format. Download the PDF to view the article, as well as its associated figures and tables. Abstract Lymphosarcoma. Presented by Dr. Howard Fox. G. S., aged 43, born in the United States, a Y. M. C. A. secretary, had always enjoyed good health previous to 1902. From that time until 1911, he had suffered from repeated attacks of high fever, diagnosed at different times as "septic fever." In 1912, for the first time, he noticed swellings in the neck, axillae and inguinal regions. Two years later, a diagnosis of lymphatic leukemia was made. During the following three years, the swellings increased in size, and in 1917 had assumed "enormous" proportions. He was then treated by roentgen ray at the New York Post-Graduate Hospital, with excellent results. A clinical diagnosis of Hodgkin's disease was made at that time. There were subsequent recurrences in 1918 and 1921, which were again successfully treated by the roentgen ray. During the following year, the enlargements again appeared in the original locations and in addition on the scalp and various parts of the body which were not the situation for

1925 Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology

doi: 10.1001/archderm.1925.02370080166020

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