The MedicoChirurgical Review Author:James Johnson 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: Mr. Plumbe has thrown his arrangement into five sections, as follow:— Sec. I. " Diseases which obtain their distinguishing charac- . terittics from local p... more »eculiarities of the skin ;— containing Acne and its varieties—Sycosis—Porrigo, Scc- Lulata—Furfurans—and Lupinosa. Sec. II. " Diseases dependent on debilitated and deranged States of System, and consequent diminishing To ,e of the Pesseti of the Cutis"—embracing Purpura and its varieties—Pemphigus and Pompholyx— Ecthyha and Rupia. Sec. III. " On Diseases exerting a probably salutary influence on the System, originally produced by, and usually symptomatic of, deranged digestive Organs, and characterized by active Inflammation ;" —-comprehending Pohrigo Favos and Larvalis—Stro- Fhulu Lichen—Lichen Tropicus—Pkurk.o—Urticabia —Herpes—Thrush—Boils. Sec. IV. " On Diseases marked by chronic inflammatory Action of the Vessels producing the Cuticle ;"— as Lepra and its varieties—Psoriasis—Pityriasis—Pfii4- LACRA ICTHYOSIS—WAKTS. Sec. V. This is a convenient class in all systems of nosology. It is a kind of pariar or outcast class, admitting all those diseases which can find admittance no where else ; viz. —" Diseases of a mixed character, Sfc"—including Impetigo —Scabies—Eczema—Erysipelas—Elephantiasis—Er.v- Thema and Roseola—Venereal Eruptions. Such is the classification or arrangement of the latest writer on dermology—and we have little doubt that bis cotemporary dermological practitioners and critics will be able to raise as many objections to it, as he has done to the arrangements of Others. Considering it nearly as difficult, however, to arrange and portray the ever-varying eruptions on the skin as the ever-varying clouds in the sky (both of which tasks have been undertaken) we do not set a ...« less