This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1918 Excerpt: ...the time the skin is involved vesicles are formed and the tissue soon breaks down into a foul-smelling Fig. 76.--Spirochta Vincenti From Case Of Vincent's Angina (X 1200) (Todd). mass. Hemorrhage is infrequent, probably the result of extensive thrombosis. Death from exhaustion and secondary infection usually follows. ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1918 Excerpt: ...the time the skin is involved vesicles are formed and the tissue soon breaks down into a foul-smelling Fig. 76.--Spirochta Vincenti From Case Of Vincent's Angina (X 1200) (Todd). mass. Hemorrhage is infrequent, probably the result of extensive thrombosis. Death from exhaustion and secondary infection usually follows. The slough may separate and the patient recover, with commonly marked deformity from the cicatrization. Although more common in female children, noma may occur in either sex at any age. No specific cause for this condition has been discovered. Many forms of bacteria have been found, but the more common type found is a spirillum or spirochete, possibly Vincent's fusiform organism. Syphilitic stomatitis may occur either as the primary chancre or, what is more common, as the secondary mucous patch. The primary lesion may appear on the lip, tongue, or tonsil in either a soft or an indurated form, and is accompanied by enlargement of the lymph-nodes. Mucous patches may occur on any part of the mucous membrane, but are commonest on the lips and palate. They are irregular, superficial ulcers, frequently covered by a thin grayish pseudomembrane. They are painful, and the condition is usually associated with increased flow of saliva and a bad odor. Sometimes the local inflammatory condition gives rise to considerable thickening of the mucosa, this membrane becoming white or bluish-white in color. The area is usually small and is called leukoplakia; it may undergo eventually a malignant change, becoming cancerous. In the tertiary stage gumma may be found in the tongue or in the palate. They are generally small and are prone to undergo softening, with ulceration and subsequent cicatrization. Tuberculosis may rarely be primary, but is usually secondary to ...
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