The Science of Therapeutics - Classical Homeopathy Online

Full text of "The Science of Therapeutics: According to the Principles of Homeopath...Page 421 of 653oft", leave for some time red and flat cicatrices. In the case ofsingle pustule this course is terminated in ten days to a fortnigBut new pustules keep forming ever and anon, adjoining the first32498 Diseases of the Skin.pustule; they cover a large portion of the skin, and in this mannthe whole process assumes a chronic form. While the new cropsof pustules are developing, the exudative process generally contiat the previously-affected places, by which means the originallyvery thick scurfs are changed to crusts of considerable thicknessneath which a superficial ulcerative process may still be going opetigo rodens). With impetigo the lymphatic glands involved in thexanthem, almost always swell and become inflamed. In pursuingthis course the exanthem may continue on for years, whereas, atother times, the whole course of the eruption may be ended in afew weeks. Scratching and the consequent grafting with the nailscontribute a great deal to the spread of the pustules ; by thismeans the eruption may easily be transferred to other individualsas often happens in the case of children's nurses.Impetigo-pustules, if not excited by local irritants, such as plaor moist poultices, break out chiefly in the face (crusta lactea,melitagra, porrigo larvalis), upon the hairy scalp (porrigo, tinethe nape of the neck and on the lower extremities. The pustulesat times appear isolated (impetigo sparsa), at times in large groor clusters (impetigo figurata), and at other times upon a brightinflamed base (impetigo erysipelatodes). The pustules generallyinvolving a hair-follicle, the hair, in impetigo of the hairy scanot only glued together in clustera, but is likewise dry and brita good portion of it falls out, giving rise to bald spota of moreless size. Otherwise the constitutional condition of the patientnot impaired by this affection.In treating a case of impetigo, the causal indication is just asimportant as in a case of eczema, especially if we deal with littchildren, and a suspicion is consequently excited in our minds, othe disorder being occasioned by a scrofulous taint. In their casit is necessary to attend closely to their diet, cleanliness, etcvery common cause is not, as is often supposed, too fat milk, butthe excessive and too frequent use of milk. We likewise not unirequently see children attacked with impetigo whom their mothersespecially in the country, nurse until the little ones are two oryears old. Many occupations carried on in a high temperature, arelikewise apt to induce impetigo, and all our efforts to cure theease would be fruitless, if this circumstance were lost sight of.Local treatment has to be conducted in accordance with the ruleslaid down for eczema ; above all, the crusts have to be carefullyremoved and their return prevented ; the further spread of theEcthyma, Rupia. 499http://www.archive.org/stream/sciencetherapeu00kafkgoog/sciencetherapeu00kafkgoog_djvu.txt