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. 1864 Excerpt: ...another curious affection, namely, vicarious menstruation erythema menstruate). A sudden flush with a little swelling appears upon some part of the skin, generally the face; a sanguineous exudation takes place, which lasts for a few days and then subsides. The exudation is not continuous throughout the whole period, ...
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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. 1864 Excerpt: ...another curious affection, namely, vicarious menstruation erythema menstruate). A sudden flush with a little swelling appears upon some part of the skin, generally the face; a sanguineous exudation takes place, which lasts for a few days and then subsides. The exudation is not continuous throughout the whole period, but intermittent, and during the intermission the skin has the appearance of having been scorched. We have seen three well-marked examples of this affection: the patients were young, and suffering from amenorrhoea; they were also hysterical. Erythema Uevb, Vel Cedematosum, is a local form of erythema, depending upon the inward pressure of oedema of the subcutaneous cellular tissue. It occurs for the most part in the lower extremities, or in any depending part of the body. Sometimes it is met with in the eyelids, and is mistaken for erysipelas, and not unfrequently in the lower limbs. The cuticle breaks up into a series of retiform lines; the exposed cutis exudes a serous secretion; there is considerable pruritus, and the case becomes transformed into one of eczema. Erythema lseve is a frequent accompaniment of anasarca, in which case the surface of the skin is red and shining. Another form of erythema, originating in a local cause, namely, friction; such as the friction of ill-fitting clothes, the friction of riding on horseback, the friction of one part of the body against another, or of two folds of the skin, as in fat and flabby persons, and in infants whose skin is naturally sensitive, is erythema intertrigo and the evil is increased if the integument be in a moistened state, as by the condensation of perspiration or the flow of secretions over the part. In lymphatic constitutions the erythema is apt to be accompanied with exudation, in the ...
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