Identifier: britishjournalof26brit (find matches)
Title: The British journal of dermatology
Year: 1888 (1880s)
Authors: British Association of Dermatology
Subjects: Dermatology Syphilis
Publisher: London H.K. Lewis (etc.)
Contributing Library: Gerstein - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

View Book Page: Book Viewer
About This Book: Catalog Entry
View All Images: All Images From Book
Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.

Text Appearing Before Image:
ight be considered as examples of other types of the l^^mphatic series. Members were in general accord as to the value of X-rays in treat-ment and the futility of all other remedies, including salvarsan. Hehad never seen the occurrence of the aplastic condition, referred to byDr. Galloway, resulting from the prolonged administration of the rays.The case referred to by Dr. Whitfield impelled him to mention a casewhich he had seen once in a hospital in July, 1913. The patient wasa man, aged about 60 years, who presented numerous tumours over thetrunk which he diagnosed as mycotic, but without making accuratenotes of the condition. The man had attended the Electrical Depart- I KOYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE. 277 ment on several occasions, receiving in all twenty-four full pastilledoses of X-rays. He had hunted him up in North London in order toshow him at the previous meeting, but all traces of tumours had dis-(ippeared and the man was quite well! The case did not figure in histables. Fig. 4.
Text Appearing After Image:
Hospital case No. 3.—Early lesions like psoriasis. Woman, aged 71 years.Age of onset about 45. In conclusion, he would like to add a few words in his Presidentialcapacity. He thought he was now entitled to congratulate the vSec-tion on the debate which had been inaugurated by Dr. Sequeiraspaper. It had been on a high scientific plane, and he expressed hisconviction that it would be regarded as a classic for general referenceon its subject. Dr. Seqdeira, in reply, said he felt that at such a late hour it washis duty to be brief; therefore he would touch on only a few points. 278 ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE. He had been delighted to hear the points which the debate hadgiven rise to, and from them, he believed, much had been learned..He personally looked upon Mycosis fungoides as a disease suiigeneris. He agreed with those who said that clinically the dermatoses)of: Hodgkins disease and leukaemia were not like the early conditions met with in Mycosis fungoides. Members had heard much ofa

Note About Images