Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology

VON HUTTEN, ULRICH;MENDELL, CLARENCE W.

1931 Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology

doi: 10.1001/archderm.1931.03880210002001

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 PREFACE Ulrich von Hutten, German Knight, was in no respect a lovable person. Diseased in body and cantankerous of disposition he led a life of persistent and bitter warfare against a succession of foes. As a child he was at odds with his father over the latter's determination to make him a priest, and at the age of 17, in the year 1505, he ran away from the Benedictine monastery of Fulda to circumvent this purpose. Adversities gathered around him like filings around a magnet, and his life for the next four years consisted of wandering from place to place, usually in dire financial straits and regularly engaged in some controversy or other. This period of his quarrelsome career culminated in his violent ejection at the hands of hostile colleagues from a teaching position which he had secured at Greifswald. From there he fled to Rostock, where he was for

ORMSBY, OLIVER S.;EBERT, MICHAEL H.

1931 Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology

doi: 10.1001/archderm.1931.03880210022002

Abstract We have had under our observation for some time a small group of patients with a type of peribuccal pigmentation sufficiently different from the usual disorders of this area and of a sufficiently uniform character to warrant consideration as a distinct clinical entity. A review of the literature convinced us that the disorder in question is identical with that described by Brocq1 in 1923 as erythrose peribuccale pigmentaire, so we adopted his title. Our patients were all women in the thirties or early forties. The condition absorbed a disproportionate amount of their attention on account of the cosmetic disfigurement and the extraordinary resistance to treatment. It was observed only in private patients, and we found it impossible to secure a biopsy from this region of the face. Consequently, our study is purely clinical, unsupported by histologic evidence. The disorder consists of a diffuse brownish or brownish-red pigmentation, most marked References 1. Brocq: Presse méd. 13:627, 1923. 2. Brocq, L.: Bull. Soc. franç. de dermat. et syph. 5:339 ( (May) ) 1927. 3. Milian, G., and Civatte, A.: Bull. Soc. franç. de dermat. et syph. 8:733 ( (Nov.) ) 1927. 4. Goeckerman, W. H.: A Peculiar Discoloration of the Skin , J. A. M. A. 79: 605 ( (Aug. 19) ) 1922.Crossref 5. Goeckerman, W. H.: A Peculiar Discoloration of the Skin: Supplementary Report , J. A. M. A. 84:506 ( (Feb. 14) ) 1925.Crossref 6. Civatte: Ann. de dermat. et syph. 10:605 ( (Oct.) ) 1923. 7. Little, G.: Brit. J. Dermat. 40:231, 1928.Crossref 8. von Verde: Arch. f. Dermat. u. Syph. 159:56, 1930.

GAMMEL, JOHN A.;ECKER, E. E.

1931 Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology

doi: 10.1001/archderm.1931.03880210032003

Abstract The problem of the cultivation of a virulent Spirochaeta pallida is still in a state of utmost confusion. Erich Hoffmann,1 with whom Schaudinn2 discovered Spirochaeta pallida in 1905, recently concluded that "The problem of a simple and reliable culture method remains to be solved." He also expressed the opinion that a differentiation of Spirochaeta pallida from morphologically similar types (which he offered to designate as "Spirochaeta pseudopallida") demands further study. Volpino and Fontana,3 as early as 1906, were the first to attempt to cultivate the organism. The literature nevertheless remained small and inconclusive, as a method devised by one worker almost invariably fails in the hands of another. The only proof for the existence of Spirochaeta pallida in a certain culture is a successful transfer of a pure culture to a susceptible host and its repetition. A few investigators claim with their culture materials to have reproduced References 1. Hoffmann, E., and Hofman, E.: Handb. d. Haut- u. Geschlechtskr. , 1927, vol. 15, pt. (1) , p. 87. 2. Schaudinn, F., and Hoffmann, E.: Vorläufiger Bericht über das Vorkommen von Spriochaeten in syphilitischen Krankheitsprodukten und Papillomen , Arb. a. d. k. Gsndhtsamte. 22:527, 1905. 3. Volpino, G., and Fontana, A.: Einige Voruntersuchungen über künstliche Kultivierung der Spirochaeta pallida (Schaudinn) , Centralbl. f. Bakteriol. 42:666, 1906. 4. Schereschewsky, J.: Züchtung der Spirochaeta pallida (Schaudinn) , Deutsche med. Wchnschr. 35:835 ( (May 13) ) 1909Crossref 5. Weitere Mitteilung über die Züchtung der Spirochaeta pallida , Schereschewsky Deutsche med. Wchnschr. 35:1260 ( (July 22) ) 1909Crossref 6. Bisherige Erfahrungen mit der gezüchteten Spirochaeta pallida , Schereschewsky Deutsche med. Wchnschr. 35:1652 ( (Sept. 23) ) 1909.Crossref 7. Hoffmann, E.: Ueber Syphilisinfektion mit Leichenmaterial und eventuellem Schmarotzertum der Spirochaeta pallida , München. med. Wchnschr. 73:185 ( (Jan. 29) ) 1926. 8. Shaffer, L. W.: Cultural Methods for Increasing the Number of Spirochaetae Pallidae in Fresh Syphilitic Tissue , Arch. Path. 2:50 ( (July) ) 1926. 9. Lacy, G. R., and Haythorn, S. R.: Viability of Spirocheta Pallida in Excised Tissue and Autopsy Material , Am. J. Syph. 5:401, 1921. 10. Zurhelle, E., and Strempel, R.: Studien über Lebensfähigkeit und Virulenzerhaltung der Spirochaeta pallida in totem Gewebe , Arch. f. Dermat. u. Syph. 153:219, 1927.Crossref

MacKEE, GEORGE M.;LEWIS, GEORGE M.

1931 Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology

doi: 10.1001/archderm.1931.03880210038004

Abstract The condition known in America as keratolysis exfoliativa was named by Wende1 in 1919, who described it as characterized by more or less symmetrical, circumscribed patches of superficial exfoliation encountered most frequently on the palms, less often on the soles and occasionally on the dorsal surfaces of the hands and feet and on the arms and legs. Caryon,2 unknown to Wende, had previously written of a similar disease under a different title, and Lane3 concluded that the two diseases were identical. More recently, several observers in Europe, notably Seemann and Rajka4 and Alexander,5 studied the disease. Bruhns and Alexander,6 in Jadassohn's "Handbuch," gave an excellent detailed description of it under the title "dysidrosis lamellosa sicca." The disease is common and is seen in varying degrees of severity. It begins with white macules, varying in size from that of a pinhead to that of a References 1. Wende, G. W.: Keratolysis Exfoliativa , J. Cutan. Dis. 37:174, 1919. 2. Caryon, A.: Desquamation estivale en aires des mains , Ann. de dermat. et syph. 4:283, 1903. 3. Lane, J. E.: Some Observations on Keratolysis Exfoliativa , J. Cutan. Dis. 37:223, 1919. 4. Seemann, D., and Rajka, E.: Schwere Nagel-und oberflächliche Hand und Fusstrichophytie: Trichophytid, entstanden im Anschlusse an die Impfung des Trichophytonpilzes , Arch. f. Dermat. u. Syph. 143:9, 1923;Crossref 5. Schwere Nagel- und oberflächliche Handteller- und Fussohlentrichophytiesis , Gyógyászat 37:533, 1923. 6. Rajka, E.: Eine äusserst oberflächliche Form der Trychophytie , Dermat. Wchnschr. 79:1252, 1924. 7. Alexander, A.: Ueber die durch den Kaufmann-Wolffschen Pilz hervorgerufenen Hauterkrankungen der Hände und Füsse mit besonderer Berüchsichtigung der Dysidrosis sicca lamellosa , Med. Klin. 23:275, 1927. 8. Bruhns, C., and Alexander, A., in Jadassohn: Handbuch der Haut und Geschlechts-Krankheiten , Berlin, Julius Springer, 1928, vol. 11, pp. 89 and 464. 9. See Appendix, p. 467. 10. Williams, C. M.: Dermatophytid Complicating Dermatophytosis of the Glabrous Skin , Arch. Dermat. & Syph. 13:661 ( (May) ) 1926. 11. Walthard, B.: Zur pathogenese des dysidrotischen Symptomenkomplexes: Ueber ein unter dem Bilde einer Dysidrosis verlaufendes Epidermophytid , Dermat. Ztschr. 53:692, 1928. 12. Jadassohn, W., and Peck, S. M.: Epidermophytide der Hände , Arch. f. Dermat. u. Syph. 158:16, 1929. 13. Peck, S. M.: Epidermophytide in der Form postscarlatinoser Schuppungen an den Händen , Klin. Wchnschr. 29:1357, 1929. 14. Williams, C. M., and Barthel, E. A.: Tinea of the Toe-Nails as a Source of Reinfection in Tinea of the Feet , J. A. M. A. 93:907 ( (Sept. 21) ) 1929. 15. See Appendix, p. 467. 16. Sulzberger, M. B., and Lewis, G. M.: Unpublished article describing the patch test with trichophytin. 17. Weidman, F. D.: Laboratory Aspects of Epidermophytosis , Arch. Dermat. & Syph. 15:415 ( (April) ) 1927. 18. Greenwood, A. M., and Rockwood, E. M.: The Skin in Diabetic Patients , Arch. Dermat. & Syph. 21:96 ( (Jan.) ) 1930. 19. White, Cleveland: Autoinoculation Dermatophytosis from Toe Cultures of Human Volunteers , Arch. Dermat. & Syph. 20:315 ( (Sept.) ) 1929. 20. Weidman, F. D.: Morphologic Variations in a Ringworm Species of the Toes , Arch. Dermat. & Syph. 13:374 ( (March) ) 1926. 21. Fried, S. M., and Segal, M. B.: The Hematogenous Production of Dermatomycoses , Arch. Dermat. & Syph. 19:98 ( (Jan.) ) 1929. 22. Jadassohn, Josef: The Importance of Immune Biologic Processes in the Morphology of Skin Lesions , Arch. Dermat. & Syph. 21:355 ( (March) ) 1930. 23. Kogoj, F.: Experimentelle Beiträge zur Lehre von den Dermatomykosen mit besonderer Berüchsichtigung der Lokolisationsbestimmung hämatogener Infektionen , Arch. f. Dermat. u. Syph. 150:333, 1926. 24. Sulzberger, Marion B.: The Pathogenesis of Trichophytids , Arch. Dermat. & Syph. 18:891 ( (Dec.) ) 1928; 25. Experimentelle Untersuchungen über die Dermatotropie der Trichophytonpilze , Arch. f. Dermat. u. Syph. 157:345, 1929.Crossref 26. Alexander, A.: Dysidrosis Sicca Lamellosa oidiomycetica , Dermat. Ztschr. 53:5, 1928.Crossref

RUGGLES, E. WOOD

1931 Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology

doi: 10.1001/archderm.1931.03880210065005

Abstract Although well aware that even fifteen swallows "do not make a summer," I venture to report the following cases which appear to justify the opinion that sodium iodide, administered intravenously, exercises a specific action in herpes zoster. Case 1.— On Jan. 12, 1929, I saw a man, aged 30, who had a severe attack of herpes zoster, involving the right side of the face, chin, neck and ear and extending half way to the vertex in the scalp. He was suffering from excrciating neuralgic pain. I planned to administer autogenous blood in the buttocks, but, on looking over my files, found a clipping ten or fifteen years old stating that a Dr. Richmond of El Paso, Texas, had cleared up a severe case of ophthalmic zoster in six days by two intravenous injections of sodium iodide; I therefore injected 2 Gm. The patient returned the next day amazingly improved. The References 1. In these cases the patients have been treated since this paper was read.

RUBENSTEIN, MYER W.

1931 Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology

doi: 10.1001/archderm.1931.03880210070006

Abstract P. L. R., a colored boy, aged 7 years, was admitted to the dermatology section of the Passavant Hospital dispensary, Pittsburgh, on Jan. 13, 1930, with an extensive typical tinea capitis of two weeks' duration. The results of the physical examination were negative except for hutchinsonian teeth. The Wassermann reaction of the blood was positive. The weight was 47 pounds (21.3 Kg.). The patient was advised to return to the clinic on the morning of January 16, after a very light breakfast. On January 16, 0.16 Gm. of powdered thallium acetate, dissolved in water containing sugar, was administered orally. The dose of thallium is usually calculated on the basis of 8 mg. of thallium acetate per kilogram of body weight. The dose in this case was given on the basis of 20 Kg. instead of 21.3 Kg. The head was shaved on the following day. The rubbing of 5 per

FOX, HOWARD

1931 Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology

doi: 10.1001/archderm.1931.03880210073007

Abstract Since the publication in 1914 of McEwen's1 paper entitled "Oriental Sore in the Americas," there has been a good deal of discussion regarding the type of leishmaniasis in the New World. Many investigators are now convinced that it differs sufficiently from the oriental sore of the Old World to warrant its being classed as a separate though closely allied disease. In recent years an extensive literature on American leishmaniasis has appeared, including more or less exhaustive monographs by Laveran,2 Escomel3 and Inchaustegui.4 My object in this report is to point out differences between the forms of leishmaniasis mentioned and to cite some personal observations made during a recent trip to Brazil. I am not concerned here with the visceral type of leishmaniasis known as kala-azar and caused by Leishmania donovani. I am interested at present only in the types of leishmaniasis that affect the skin. The References 1. McEwen, E. L.: Oriental Sore in the Americas, with Report of a Case , J. Cutan. Dis. 32:275 ( (April) ) 1914. 2. Laveran, A.: Leishmianoses , Paris, Masson & Cie, 1917. 3. Escomel, E.: Leishmaniosis , Buenos Aires, Flaiban y Camilloni, 1917. 4. Inchaustegui, A.: De la Leishmaniosis Americana ye de la Ulcera de los Chicleros en Mexico, Thesis, Mexico, 1918. 5. Wright, J. H.: Protozoa in a Case of Tropical Ulcer ("Delhi Sore") , J. M. Research 5:472, 1903-1904. 6. Lindenberg, A.: L'ulcère de Bauru ou le Bouton d'Orient au Brasil , Bull. Soc. path. exot. 2:252, 1909. 7. Carini, A., and Paranhos, U.: Identification de "ulcère de bauru avec le bouton d'orient," Bull. Soc. path. exot. 2:255 ( (May 12) ) 1909. 8. Laveran, A., and Nattan-Larrier: Contribution a l'étude de la Espundia , Bull. Soc. path. exot. 5:176 ( (March 13) ) 1912. 9. Darling, S. T., and Connor, R. C.: A Case of Oriental Sore in a Native Colombian , J. A. M. A. 56:1257 ( (April 29) ) 1911.Crossref 10. Chacón, A. L.: Cutaneous Leishmaniasis , Seventeenth Ann. Rep., United Fruit Company, Med. Dept., 1928, p. 183. 11. Anderson, D. E.: The Uta Disease as Seen in Peru in 1913 , Seventeenth Internat. Cong. Med., London, 1913 , Sect. 21, p. 309. 12. Andrews, J. M.: Report of a Case of Oriental Sore in the United States . Am. J. Trop. Med. 7:221 ( (July) ) 1927. 13. Smith, D. K.: Oriental Sore , Arch. Dermat. & Syph. 5:69 ( (Jan.) ) 1922. 14. Fox, H.: Two Cases of Oriental Sore (Cutaneous Leishmaniasis) , New York M. J. 6:657 ( (Oct. 4) ) 1922. 15. Guy, W. H., and Jacob, I. M.: Aleppo Boil , Arch. Dermat. & Syph. 14: 361 ( (Sept.) ) 1926. 16. Clarin, J.: La leishmaniose cutanée de la guyane, Thèse de Paris, 1926. 17. da Silveira, R.: Frequencia e Distribuicão da Leishmaniose em S. Paulo , Brasil-med. 34:200 ( (March 17) ) 1920. 18. Klotz, O., and Lindenberg, H.: The Pathology of Leishmaniasis of the Nose , Am. J. Trop. Med. 3:117 ( (March) ) 1923. 19. Escomel, E.: La leishmaniose americaine et les leishmanioses en Amerique , Bull. Soc. path. exot. 22:35, 1929. 20. Noguchi, H., and Lindenberg, A.: The Isolation and Maintenance of Leishmania on the Medium Employed for the Cultivation of Organisms of the Leptospira Group of Spirochetes , Am. J. Trop. Med. 5:63 ( (Jan.) ) 1925. 21. Mayer, M., and Ray, J. C.: Züchtung und differential Diagnose verschiedener Leishmanien (Kala-azar orientbeule und brazilianische Leishmaniose) auf festen Nahrböen , Arch. f. Schiffs-u. Tropen-Hyg. 32:277, 1928. 22. Noguchi, H.: Action of Certain Biological, Chemical and Physical Agents Upon Cultures of Leishmania; Some Observations on Plant and Insect Herpetomonads , Internat. Confer. Health Prob. in Trop. America, 1924 , United Fruit Company, Boston. 23. Craig, C. F.: Parasitic Protozoa of Man , Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott Company, 1926, p. 340. 24. Seidelin, H.: Leishmaniasis and Babesiasis in Yucatan , Ann. Trop. Med. 6:295 ( (July 31) ) 1912. 25. Archibald, R. G.: The Leishmaniases , in Byam and Archibald: The Practice of Medicine in the Tropics , London, Frowde & Stoughton, 1922, vol. 2. 26. Aragão, H. de B.: Tegumentary Leishmaniosis and Its Transmission by Phlebotomi , Mem. do Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 20:187, 1927. 27. Pedroso, A. M.: Local Leishmaniasis of Dog , Ann. paulist. de med. e cir. 1:33 ( (Sept.) ) 1913. 28. Mazza, S.: Leishmaniosis Cutanea en el Caballo y Nueva Observacion de la Misma en el Perro , Bull. de Inst. de Clin. Quir. 3:462, 1927. 29. Montenegro, J.: The Inoculability of Leishmania , Am. J. Trop. Med. 4: 331 ( (May) ) 1924. 30. Llambias, J., and Mosto, D.: Leishmianosis Cutanea Americana , Rev. Soc. argent. de Biol. 2:135 ( (May) ) 1926. 31. Buss, G.: Psoriasis und Hautleishmianose , Arch. f. Schiffs-u. Tropen-Hyg. 32:391, 1928. 32. Montenegro, J.: Cutaneous Reactions in Leishmaniasis . Arch. Dermat. & Syph. 13:187 ( (Feb.) ) 1926. 33. Buss, G.: Untersuchungen mit Leishmania-Vakzine , Arch. f. Schiffs-u. Tropen-Hyg. 33:65, 1929. 34. de Aguiar Pupo, J.: Tratamento da Leishmaniose de Mucosa Pelo "Eparseno," Sciencia med. 4:31, 1926. 35. de Aguiar Pupo, J.: A Leishmaniose Tegumentar em São Paulo , Ann. paulist. de med. e cir. 11:60 ( (July) -Aug.) 1923.

BARNEY, ROBERT E.

1931 Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology

doi: 10.1001/archderm.1931.03880210096008

Abstract In 1921, Wise and Parkhurst1 described under the title, "A Rare Form of Suppurating and Cicatrizing Disease of the Scalp," a process involving the vertex characterized by numerous nodules ranging in size from that of a pea to that of a hazelnut. Some of these nodules were firm to palpation while others were fluctuant. Pressure exerted on a soft lesion caused a seropurulent discharge to be expressed from sinuses either at the base or at a distance of from 1 (2.5 cm.) to 3 (7.6 cm.) inches, indicating that the nodules had coalesced in the deep layers of the scalp. Some of the sinuses could be probed for from one-half (1.27 cm.) to 3 inches (7.6 cm.) with relatively little pain. The surfaces of the nodules showed no hair, while in the depressions between them the hair remained, but could be removed by slight traction. This description corresponds to References 1. Wise, F., and Parkhurst, H. J.: A Rare Form of Suppurating and Cicatrizing Disease of the Scalp , Arch. Dermat. & Syph. 4:750 ( (Dec.) ) 1921. 2. Spitzer, L.: Dermatitis follicularis et Perifollicularis conglobata , Dermat. Ztschr. 10:109, 1903. 3. Nobl: Case Presentation , Arch. f. Dermat. u. Syph. 74:80, 1905. 4. Ruete, A.: Ein Fall von Perifolliculitis capitis abscedens et suffodiens , Dermat. Ztschr. 20:901, 1913. 5. Hoffmann, E.: Case Demonstration , Dermat. Ztschr. 15:122, 1908. 6. Veiel, F.: Perifolliculitis abscedens et suffodiens und ihre Beziehung zur Acne conglobata , Dermat. Ztschr. 53:674, 1928. 7. Hauck, L.: Beitrag. zur Aetiologie der Folliculitis et Perifolliculitis suffodiens et abscedens (E. Hoffmann) , Dermat. Ztschr. 53:275, 1928. 8. Hoffmann, H.: Acne conglobata und verwandte Krankheiten , Zentralbl. f. Haut- u. Geschlechtskr. 19:1, 1926. 9. Freund, E.: Dermatitis papillaris capillitii Kaposi oder Narbenbildung nach chronischer Eiterung , Dermat. Wchnschr. 81:1159, 1925. 10. Koehler, G. D.: Mitteilung eines eigenartigen Falles von unterminierter Narbenbildung am behaarten Kopfe nach chronischer Eiterung , Dermat. Wchnschr. 80:170, 1925. 11. Ehrmann, S.: Ueber Sycosis (Folliculitis) sclerotizans nuchae und Acne conglobata nuchae (Lang), beziehungsweise Folliculitis capitis abscedens et suffodiens (E. Hoffmann) , Wien. med. Wchnschr. 39:853, 1926. 12. Cueni, S.: Zur Kenntnis der Pathogenese der Perifolliculitis capitis abscedens et suffodiens (E. Hoffmann und ihrer Beziehungen zur Acne conglobata) , Dermat. Ztschr. 51:94, 1928. 13. Hoffmann, H.: Acne conglobata (Folliculitis capitis abscedens et suffodiens) , Zentralbl. f. Haut- u. Geschlechtskr. 6:229, 1923. 14. Smith, J. F.: On a Form of Chronic Pyoderma , Brit. J. Dermat. 41:49, 1929. 15. Highman, W. J., in discussion on Eller, J. J.: Perifolliculitis Capitis Abscedens et Suffodiens , Arch. Dermat. & Syph. 17:272 ( (Feb.) ) 1928. 16. Shaffer. L.: Perifolliculitis capitis abscedens et suffodiens , Arch. Dermat. & Syph. 21:139 ( (Jan.) ) 1930. 17. Michelson, H. E., and Allen, P. K.: Acne Conglobata , Arch. Dermat. & Syph. 23:49 ( (Jan.) ) 1931. 18. Frieboes, W.: Zur Follikulitis et Perifollikulitis abscedens et suffodiens , Dermat. Ztschr. 45:18, 1925. 19. Highman, W. J., in discussion on Gross: Perifolliculitis capitis abscedens et suffodiens , Arch. Dermat. & Syph. 19:840 ( (May) ) 1929. 20. Mohrmann, B. H. U.: Zwei Fälle von unterminierter Narbenbildung nach chronischer Eiterung (Perifolliculitis abscedens et suffodiens) , Dermat. Ztschr. 51:336, 1928. 21. Eller, J. J.: Perifolliculitis capitis abscedens et suffodiens , Arch. Dermat. & Syph. 17:272 ( (Feb.) ) 1928. 22. Fox, Howard: An Unusual Suppurating and Cicatrizing Inflammation of the Scalp , Arch. Dermat. & Syph. 8:277 ( (Aug.) ) 1923. 23. Hagiwara, S.: Abstract , Zentralbl. f. Haut- u. Geschlechtskr. 4:138, 1922. 24. Höft: Case Presentation , Dermat. Ztschr. 47:204, 1926. 25. Riecke: Case Reports , Arch. f. Dermat. u. Syph. 151:390, 1926. 26. Stangenberg, J.: Ein Beitrag zur Perifolliculitis capitis abscedens et suffodiens , Dermat. Wchnschr. 81:1209, 1925. 27. Pusey, W. A., in discussion on Wise, F., and Parkhurst, H. J.: A Rare Form of Suppurating and Cicatrizing Disease of the Scalp , Arch. Dermat. & Syph. 4:740 ( (Dec.) ) 1921. 28. Highman, W. J., in discussion on Feit: Tuberculosis Cutis Verrucosa , Arch. Dermat. & Syph. 20:125 ( (July) ) 1929. 29. Schamberg, J. F., in discussion on Strause: Perifolliculitis capitis abscedens et suffodiens , Arch. Dermat. & Syph. 10:226 ( (Aug.) ) 1924. 30. Pusey, W. A.: Personal communication to the author.

SULZBERGER, MARION B.;WISE, FRED

1931 Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology

doi: 10.1001/archderm.1931.03880210112009

Abstract In the field of immunology many formerly purely theoretical points of view have recently found experimental confirmation or rebuttal. Most of the experiments of the last few years have tended to confirm the theory that a great many of the various types of hypersensitiveness are due to the presence of cell-fixed antibodies. Without going into the detail of this consideration, it might be said that it offers an explanation for many of the otherwise inexplicable immunologic phenomena which are encountered in human pathology, including the pathologic reactions of the skin. It explains the hypersensitive reaction of certain tissues, and of those tissues only, in spite of the existence of generalized contact with the exciting substance. Of the many possible examples we need cite only the following: Pollen enters the respiratory tract of the patients, A and B. Both are hypersensitive to the pollen in question, and the pollen comes in References 1. Sulzberger, Marion B., and Wise, Fred: Ragweed Dermatitis: With Sensitization and Desensitization Phenomena , J. A. M. A. 94:93 ( (Jan. 11) ) 1930.Crossref 2. This case will be reported in full by Dr. Bart M. James, Newark, N. J.

BEESON, B. BARKER

1931 Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology

doi: 10.1001/archderm.1931.03880210125010

References 1. Beeson, B. Barker: Emile Vidal , Arch. Dermat. & Syph. 22:115 ( (July) ) 1930.

Rattner, Herbert

1931 Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology

doi: 10.1001/archderm.1931.03880210127011

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Cannon, A. Benson;Highman, Walter J.

1931 Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology

doi: 10.1001/archderm.1931.03880210148012

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 Lupus Erythematosus. Presented by Dr. Herman Goodman. Eight women and two men were presented who had been under observation at the New York Skin and Cancer Hospital. A photograph of the clinical lesions and a microscopic slide of the pathologic material were presented with the history of each case. All of the patients were white except one, a colored woman from Porto Rico. The ages were: 20, 26, 28 (two), 29, 30, 40, 43, 46 and 50. The period that the patients had noted the eruptions was: five months, seven months, one year (two), two years, four years, three years and eleven years. The sites of the eruption were: cheek, scalp, chest, arms, neck, eyelids, mucous membranes of the lips and buccal cavity.Six of the ten patients had been treated with gold compounds, averaging 25 mg. for the initial dose, 50 mg. for three or four injections and 100

Fraser, J. Frank;Kingsbury, Jerome

1931 Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology

doi: 10.1001/archderm.1931.03880210160013

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 Granuloma Annulare (?). Presented by Dr. Fred Wise. Miss H. S., aged 20, was first seen at the skin clinic of the Broad Street Hospital, service of Dr. John Harris, in June, 1930. She stated that the lesion on the hand had been present for about three years, during which period she had noticed little change. She said that the condition began as a small elevated "pimple," which gradually developed into the lesion shown. Examination showed two segmented circinate lesions, each approximately 0.5 cm. in diameter. The segment consisted of infiltrated papules, somewhat shiny and waxlike. Twelve roentgen treatments of one-quarter erythema dose each had failed to effect any resolution. The Wassermann reaction was negative. The patient had refused consent to a biopsy. DISCUSSION There was a general agreement with the diagnosis.Dr. Edward R. Maloney: The lesions are small discrete papules in an annular arrangement but not in a complete

Kingsbury, Jerome;Parounagian, M. B.

1931 Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology

doi: 10.1001/archderm.1931.03880210172014

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 Lupus Erythematosus or Basal Cell Epithelioma (?). Presented by Dr. Max Scheer. I. G., a woman, aged 25, a bookkeeper, from the Post-Graduate Skin Clinic, first noticed a small lesion on the left temple two years prior to presentation. Since that time the lesion had doubled in size. The patient stated that at times some pus and blood had exuded. She had been treated recently by a dermatologist who prescribed various salves and had used "violet ray."On the left temple there was a lesion 1.5 by 1 cm. in diameter. It was pale red and covered with a thin yellowish crust which on removal disclosed one or two bleeding points. The outer border of the lesion was slightly elevated very thin and pearly white, suggestive of that seen in a superficial basal cell epithelioma. DISCUSSION Dr. Louis B. Mount: Of the two diagnoses, lupus erythematosus can readily be excluded. The

Parkhurst, H. J.;Valade, C. K.

1931 Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology

doi: 10.1001/archderm.1931.03880210178015

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 Bowen's Disease: Hyperpigmentation Due to Arsenic. Presented by Dr. C. A. Doty. J. H., a business man, aged 69, had had psoriasis since the age of 15 years. At the age of 29, he had taken large doses of solution of potassium arsenite, and during the three years immediately preceding presentation, he had taken about 30 pints of "psoriasis medicine," a proprietary product. Scattered over the upper part of the trunk, especially posteriorly and over the clavicles, were a number of small and large coin-sized, sharply outlined, erythematous, brownish patches, some of which were slightly infiltrated, and some showing superficial ulceration. There was a generalized grayish-brown mottling of the skin. Hyperpigmentation Due to Arsenic. Presented by Dr. E. C. Troxell. W. G., a machinist, aged 25, stated that he had had severe infantile eczema, persisting to the age of 6 years. At the age of 15, the eczema had returned,

Parkhurst, H. J.;Driver, J. R.

1931 Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology

doi: 10.1001/archderm.1931.03880210182016

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 Dermatomyositis. Presented by Dr. John A. Toomey (by invitation). J. O., a girl, aged 11, had had scarlatina a month previous to presentation, and two weeks later she had noticed "tightness" of the skin of the face. This had gradually extended downward, involving the shoulders, the arms and the entire trunk. The involved areas were somewhat tender. The condition was apparently subsiding. The tongue was abnormally thick and felt like cartilage. DISCUSSION Dr. John A. Toomey: This is the third case of the kind that we have observed in the contagious department of the City Hospital. All followed scarlatina. One patient improved in three months under treatment with thyroid extract. A second one improved in three months without treatment, and the present patient seems to be doing likewise.Dr. H. J. Parkhurst: I have lately observed a similar case, following tonsillar infection.Dr. E. W. Netherton: The tenderness is suggestive

1931 Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology

doi: 10.1001/archderm.1931.03880210187017

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 In his work on leprosy, Klingmüller, as is usual in these volumes, has covered every imaginable aspect of the subject. The contents are too elaborate even to enumerate. He begins with chapters on the name for leprosy, its history and its geographical distribution, and goes through experimental leprosy in animals and its serology and immunity, and then gives 650 pages to a complete consideration of all aspects of leprosy in man. Finally, there is a useful and full bibliography. The monograph of 135 pages on leprosy in literature and art by Grön is an example of how thoroughly everything is covered in this encyclopedia. It is an interesting and valuable contribution, and is finely illustrated.

1931 Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology

doi: 10.1001/archderm.1931.03880210187021

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 This is a presentation of diagnosis and treatment, with the idea of providing the practitioner with a reference work more valuable for diagnosis than those heretofore available. The author devotes 325 pages to dermatology, 122 to syphilis, 66 to gonorrhea, 13 to chancroid and 21 to other venereal diseases. Two appendixes contain a series of prescriptions referred to in the text and a brief consideration of methods of treatment, actinic, thermal, dietary, etc. Because of his limited space, the author assumes that the reader already has a foundation of information concerning the anatomy and physiology of the skin, and contents himself with touching on the points he considers of special importance or of recent development. The outstanding feature of the book is the emphasis on diagnosis, a discussion of "How to Diagnose Skin Disease" followed by nineteen tables of differential diagnosis, the first fifteen on the basis of the primary

1931 Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology

doi: 10.1001/archderm.1931.03880210187020

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 The various topics are not considered as fully here as they are in the other volumes under consideration, but are still adequately covered, in the same painstaking way. Whenever the reviewer takes up one of the volumes of this great encyclopedia, he is impressed again with the loyalty to scholarship and science in German dermatology that it indicates. They demonstrate not only scholarship and scientific capacity, but the enthusiasm, industry and capacity for painstaking labor of the German dermatologists. The volumes that have now been produced are in their fulness an astounding work. The paper, the printing and the illustrations represent the highest standards of the printing art. The illustrations in color are particularly beautiful, and their cost in the abundance here given would make their production in America prohibitive. Only the rare leadership of Professor Jadassohn could encompass success in such an undertaking. The dermatologist to whom these volumes

1931 Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology

doi: 10.1001/archderm.1931.03880210187018

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 This part consists of an original and complete statement of the subject, every aspect being covered fully and thoroughly.

1931 Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology

doi: 10.1001/archderm.1931.03880210187019

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 This is a complete exposition of the subject, with many beautiful illustrations in color.

1931 Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology

doi: 10.1001/archderm.1931.03880210188023

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 In the January issue of the Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology two errors occurred in the discussion of the paper by Dr. Isadore Rosen and Dr. Frances Krasnow entitled "Lecithin and Cholesterol Studies in Dermatophytosis: Preliminary Report" (23:132, 1931). On page 139, "cholesteranemia" in the third line of Dr. Rosen's discussion should read "lecithinemia," and in the tenth line of Dr. Walter J. Highman's discussion, "cholesterolemia."

1931 Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology

doi: 10.1001/archderm.1931.03880210188022

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 This book, which is written from a British standpoint, is a real contribution to the literature. It gives a good summary of knowledge of the hair and its care, and, what is unusual, it gives some new information. Its scope is indicated by the table of contents: the arrangement of human hair, ectodermal defects, development, abnormalities of development, scarring alopecia, seborrhea capitis, syphilitic alopecia, the public health aspect, hair dyes and dermatitis, parasites of the scalp, trichorrhexis nodosa, alopecia, alopecia areata, alopecia areata neurogenica, experimental alopecia, ringworm of the scalp, hypertrichosis, pseudo-alopecia. It will be seen from this that the classification is rather unusual, but brings together various parts of the subject in an interesting arrangement. The work comes well up to date, and is written in the clear easy style of one who has a comprehensive grasp of his subject. It is a useful addition to the dermatologic literature.

1931 Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology

doi: 10.1001/archderm.1931.03880210189024

1931 Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology

doi: 10.1001/archderm.1931.03880210192025

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