1 !‘>1
2 LB PR* i:fDiI A . (bpro.i: of //j,* jniuh
3 or elephantiasis of </«<• ./< ct».f, Greeks, '
4 Arabs, or Hindoos),
5 IRPRA A 1.1* H 01 DBS ox Lepra
6 m.a c u J 03 —Vi tilig o * a 1 ba (leproun i
7 eruption if white puU.hvi).
8 l. e it r a u i o rjc a is s or Lepra
9 maculosa-VitiVigJvmg ra, {leprous
10 proH i For w Ruurm>N {eruption
11 similar, to itch)
12 PUSTU1.F.S [suppurating pimples).
13 R KAO A DBS (dry fissures).
14 sqdaM/j; (scales on t/te ipidtti wiv).
15 tinea capitjh (scaldheed) asal-.o;
16 ERUPTION OP PATCHES,} WARTS,
17 Wr. WS, &C.
18 era dim of black patches).
19 1. 1 cilEN tropicus (prickty-hca/*-).
20 .-til .laiua (small v-Jcular eruption),
21 n (T.VU8 (mother*mm ka t or moles ).
22 papula (UUL * 1 pimples),
23 pemphigus (eruption of large vesi¬
24 cle. s’, or build'),
25 PROu too { sensation of severe itching),
26 PSORA, OR SCABIES (|>A),
27 PSORIASIS TROPIC t' 9 (tropic itchy).
28 " V rick iff hatlLiche* tropicus) I* n well. I now a
29 eulunrous oirectou in the Kant, a fleeting, more
30 or less, both natives ami fbrolguei** during the
31 «ummer» IrreiipocUve of dUlWrenocg in the colour
32 ef t? e akin. If, la not danger appears only
33 locally n» •* reddish eruption of small veal dr a,
34 Httm/ietl with Ueh'/ig, bomiftflr, ami a sensation.
35 at pricking i'Jfo that of uecnipm. The vasltltts
36 dlscharg . -n acroua fluUl who.j acrpiched. The
37 eruption generally disappears at Intervale
38 do.lug the nay, reappearing at one* upon the
39 s'lghlc.n ctmses, aa perspiration, excitement, fte.
40 Tho parts especially /iiuckcd by it are, the
41 cheat. peek, shoulders, and the inside of ih«s
42 arm?.
43 Tropical Itch (Psoriasis tropicus) la peculiar
44 •to the Jilrmt, t hi' u(th less i oennn ii than the pre*
45 ttfdtpg, Though tKVf. actual]y attended with
46 danger to life. It l« a very severe disease. It la
47 common In Lahore, where the natives regard it
48 M h form of leprosy; and Indeed, In its genera’
49 up(Kiifnnce, (t would seem more akin to that
50 cln.it of than to arables. li differ*,
51 however, from leprosy, by bulng neither con-
52 t gVMia nor lu-rciliUi y, and by confining lleejf
53 t« the lymphatic system o the »Vln nt.d the
54 wintry organs, Itwiulad’ of a tucking also the
55 iwmcn and d*il)gurixig t)ie face, an does leprosy t
56 by which the pA’Ic.':* muy be recognised at a
57 distiit .e, by his peeullir feature*, is a Irper.
58 la my experience 1 found, Hi Lahore, more
59 mno than women nutl.rii g from the tropical
60 lu h, and psrtlculurlysoldiers, bey ;nrt. farcers
61 urd villager:*; those indeed most expend tn
62 the scotching ray* of an Eueteru sun, rutbvr
63 Abelm. sen ». t acne. Lirhen tropicus.
64 Abints pr. son., herpes preputialis. p.
65 1 The white seed prepared with oil
66 ! of seearu, applied it- the evening-,
67 | find wished off in the- morning, for
68 lepra alphoides. r. Bleeding wen
69 on the head.
70 Absynih scabies, i u. m. & r. Liclreti
71 tropicus.
72 Acac. cori. t lietpes with itching, fen-
73 j Hatton of burning and p/icking.
74 l than females, psr!»'>r.* /Lomfortafjly Mrcitoi*
75 1 stnurerf, and InlmbHants of town*,
76 i Tim pyinptomo of rWs ftisctsw consist of
77 I Lmdng, Itching and ptltklng of th« sklu, with
78 | Jesquf.mutlon ci tho cuticle, rtdnt-SN, and thn
79 i tr’uptlw b# Itch!.>g. pnlnful. bsrpvtlc psteben.
80 Tlw eruption will otun disappear, to return
81 ttgahi from the blowing of th* wind, or ofui a
82 j bath. Other gcuetul symptoms r»rr, hithition
83 j of th* body, subMlIlUsof the ntomarh, with syi-
84 sutiuu ol inten d burning, redness nod scatdjbg
85 of fhff r-ine, hlcre<>vrr, the skin itifliuus
86 j and swel s herrv*r srratched ; tint otherwise
87 ! lr. dry unU cracked) and ihugsdes and IjiWreii
88 ; espvciitlly occur on the palm* of »be hnuds ond
89 j *oIts of the feet. The rays of the sun, wen In
90 winter, arc Jusopportable to patients afflicted
91 1 with this inuindy, and produce oppression. In
92 | some rare Instances blisters end ulcers fo*m
93 I mostly about the noils, or the mles of the f*vt.
94 j A characteristic feaiureof this disease Is, ajjrwi-
95 | thrslfl, or Inflonslbillty of pm tlon* of ti c sk a,
96 , either ut any part of the surface, or. as is
97 I usually the c ase, on tfc« arms and fret. I have
98 1 been «u»priced that com- of the Bogllrh writers
99 o» tropical dloesses lmv« mentioned tMf i.iot
100 lestbogUIt iu deed thattlibimalady,
101 | like that known t* serpent-lore, msnt'oned in
102 i Vo), f. p. 140 , is peculiar to the Funj vb? That
103 i such may he »he ease, bun Induced mo to enter
104 I luto a particular d w ration of the two.
105 ! * ' hruptiin of patches’* Ik a cutaneous
106 j disorder peculiar the Put, and In us char-
107 i nctor# appears.™ a milder form of rropkal lull.