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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:CHAPTER VI.Bulls; are large portions of the cuticle detached from the skin by the interposition of a watery fluid, transparent or turbid ; they differ from vesiculse or pustules only in size.The bullous eruptions are Pemphigus and Rupia.Pemphigus is a disease characterized by the development of a greater or less number of clear, prominent, watery blebs on inflamed red surfaces. These little bladders being readily ruptured, give rise at first to excoriations, and afterwards, by the concretion of their liquid contents, to thin crusts.Eupia is an eruption of large, flat, discrete bullae, which contain at first a serous and afterwards a purulent fluid, and which produce dark crusts thicker at the centre than at the circumference, covering shallow ulcers.Section I.— PEMPHIGUS.Pemphigus may follow either an acute or a chronic course.Acute (a much rarer affection than chronic) Pemphigus is of three kinds.In the one (P. solitarius), an extremely rare variety, which is seen only in old persons, there appears, usually on the shank, a single bulla of about the size of a nut ; this rapidly increases in size; when fully formed it produces a painfulfeeling of tension. After remaining stationary for a day or two the bulla becomes flaccid, and at the expiration of a week disappears. A second and sometimes a third bulla may appear near the situation of the first. The appearance of each bleb is preceded by a sensation of burning and itching, and sometimes by redness of the spot.In another variety (Acute general Pemphigus), less rare than the preceding, the eruption, preceded for a day or two by febrile disturbance, appears in the form of small, circular, rose-red patches. In the course of a few hours the centre of each patch becomes opalescent and somewhat raised... ... Read more

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General Books publication date: 2009Original publication date: 1892Original Publisher: D. Appleton and Co.Subjects: WomenGynaecologyHealth ... Read more

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This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: D. Appleton in 1874 in 347 pages; Subjects: Nervous system; Medical / Neurology; Medical / Neuroscience; ... Read more

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process.We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more