On a new and successful treatment for febrile and other diseases, through the medium of the cutaneous surface : illustrated with cases / by William Taylor.

  • Taylor, William, active 1850.
Date:
1850
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Credit: On a new and successful treatment for febrile and other diseases, through the medium of the cutaneous surface : illustrated with cases / by William Taylor. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    performing an important part in the animal economy, are exceedingly minute in their struc- ture. Still, it is but rarely that these organs are duly studied, and they may be said to pass unobserved, like the air in which we live, and move. It would be well to notice where they are most readily seen: after a night's debauch, for instance, or one spent in the ball-room, you may see the next morning, before the face is washed, the nose studded over with numerous little black spots. These are an accumulation of dust and dirt, which took place during the night, adhering to the secretions of the sebaceous glands. These minute organs, when healthy, preserve the natural warmth and temperature of the sur- face, and maintain its moist, cool, and velvety condition. When their ducts become obstructed they enlarge, and sometimes get the name of grubs, especially when on the nose. They are numerous and to be found on all parts of the body, but most developed where least protected by nature. In water-fowl, this secretion protects them from the element on which they live and move, and enables them to dive beneath the surface,