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Full text of "The Science of Therapeutics: According to the Principles of Homeopath...Page 402 of 653Lichen, Strophulus. 475it may likewise break out as a primary disease. Its appearance isalways preceded by febrile symptoms which sometimes do not entirely and speedily disappear even after the eruption is fairly oThe pimples are surrounded by a red halo and cause a burningpain. The unavoidable scratching not only increases the cutaneoushyperfemia, but likewise changes the eruption to that of eczema.The pimples sometimes, though seldom, scale off already in tendays to a fortnight, and without leaving any alterations. Newcrops of pimples generally break out in rapid succession, in consequence of which the skin becomes infiltrated to such a degreethat even long after the disappearance of the pimples the skinremains hard and callous, and even chappy. Lichen agrius constitutes one of the more obstinate exanthems ; if the whole body iscovered with it, the eruption may even involve danger to life. Insuch a case the patient emaciates very rapidly and a generalcachexia is the consequence.Treatment. Strophulus, if unaccompanied by other derangements, does not require any special treatment; the most that isrequired is that every attention should be paid to cleanliness anto the clothing of the children. If it sets in as a consequence oother morbid conditions, the medicines administered for the lattewill likewise remove the strophulus.Nor is lichen simplex, when it first breaks out, of sufficient cosequence to require medical treatment. If it is spread over a considerable portion of the skin, and the itching is intolerable, Stagria or Mercurius may be given. If it increases to lichen agriusor becomes chronic, the medicines indicated for this form of lichwill have to be used. [Aconite is an admirable remedy to controlthe hypenemia of the skin and to afford material aid in removingthis distressing eruption. H.]In a case of lichen agrius Mercurius is most appropriate to theparoxysms of acute exacerbation [also Aconite^ H.], and next to iRhus tozicod. and Staphysagria. Coccvlus is likewise recommended.To eradicate the disease, other remedies are required, such as :Graphites^ Lycopodium^ Arsenicum^ Sulphur^ also AzYn addum orConium; the selection of a particular drug depends a good dealupon its homoeopathicity to the accompanying constitutional symptoms. External applications, even baths when indulged in toofreely, most generally prove injurious.476 Diseases of the Skin.10. Prarlfco.According to Hebra, genuine prurigo is only met with amongthe lower classes; it never shows itself previous to the secondperiod of dentition, and gradually disappears again after the fifyear. Sex does not exert any modifying influence over the diseaseBad nourishment and want of attention to cleanliness and the condition of the skin generally, are the main causes of the disorderhttp://www.archive.org/stream/sciencetherapeu00kafkgoog/sciencetherapeu00kafkgoog_djvu.txt