TY - JOUR
AB - BOOK EEVIEWS. ViEAL AND RiCKETTSIAL DISEASES.* THI S excellent book makes an immediate appeal to the dermatologist because it presents a lucid and critical summary of our knowledge to date concerning the viral and rickettsial diseases which primarily or secondarily affect the skin and mucous membranes. The subject is introduced by a discussion on the nature of viruses and their intracellular development, and here it is interesting to note the phenomenon of " lysogeny " which may explain some of the anomalies of herpetic infections. In Chapter 2 are described the laboratory techniques by which the clinical diagnosis of virus diseases may be established, and so concisely is this done tha t it does not mar the predominantly clinical presentation of the work as a whole. Herpes simplex is adequately described, but one is surprised to find a decided bias in favour of psychotherapy in authors who are so well informed of the organic basis of viral diseases. The irrational method of treating recurrent herpes by repeated vaccination with vaccinia lymph is mentioned and rightly discredited, but no mention is made of trying to raise the specific antibody level by vaccinating a subject with autogenous herpetic vesicular fluid or 
TI - BOOK REVIEWS
JF - British Journal of Dermatology
DO - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1955.tb12746.x
DA - 1955-08-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/book-reviews-XfC8q7PwXQ
SP - 322
EP - 323
VL - 67
IS - 8-9
DP - DeepDyve
ER -