Skin diseases, an inquiry into their parasitic origin, and connection with eye affections : also the fungoid or germ theory of cholera / by Jabez Hogg.

Date:
1873
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Credit: Skin diseases, an inquiry into their parasitic origin, and connection with eye affections : also the fungoid or germ theory of cholera / by Jabez Hogg. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    Impetigo: running-tetter; description of disease, treatment, fungus found in 58—60 Herpes: dry-tetter 60 Ichthyosis : fish-skin 61 Vitiligo: veal-skin 61 Lichen: summer-rash ; description of disease and microsco- pical appearance of scales , 62 Lupus: the Wolf; description of disease, microscopical ex- amination; Mr. Hunt's treatment; in what respect lupus differs from leprosy 63—65 Tinea tarsi: Ophthalmia tarsi; blear-eye; description of disease, treatment, and microscopical appearances 66, 67 Ophthalmia, pustular conjunctivitis; description of disease, overcrowding as a cause in Government pauper schools and school hospitals; treatment 67—71 Diphtheritic ophthalmia; description of disease, microscopical examination of, with an illustration 72—75 Spilus 76 Molluscum 76 Mycetoma: Fungus-foot disease of India ; Dr. Carter's des- cription of; Rev. Mr. Berkeley's opinion of; Dr. Blanc's case; appearances under high powers of the microscope ... 77—89 Conclusions arrived at after a survey of parasitic diseases of the skin 89,90 A fungoid, or organic germ theory of cholera. The vital germ, and physical theories of disease explained. Dr. Tytler's supposed discovery of the cause of cholera; Dr. Wallace, Dr. Mitchell, and other authors' fungus theories; Professor Hallier's micrococci, or cholera conta- gium; Dr. Thudichum's experiments on mice; Drs. Lewis and Cunningham's investigations on the blood of cholera patients, bacteria not discovered 90—99 Dust and disease : Dr. Angus Smith's investigations of the air of towns ; the air we breathe; cotton wool respirators ; Professor Tomlinson's mode of keeping out dust and pre- venting crystalisation; the effects of dust on the lungs of miners 100—102 The microscope in the detection of dust in the atmosphere, the determination of the relative proportions of organic matter in air, and the difficulty of reconciling it with a germ theory of cholera 103-106 Aphthiie, or thrush; description of disease, and its supposed fungoid origin 106, 107 The influences exercised by organic particles on the health of individuals; a formula for cholera 107, 108