On the treatment of lupus by parasiticides / by James C. White.

  • White, James C. (James Clarke), 1833-1916.
Date:
1885
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Credit: On the treatment of lupus by parasiticides / by James C. White. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ON THE TREATMENT OF Ll'PU8 BT PA RAM riCIUKS.1 I»V C, VHtTK. rm/rtutr of ItrrmaU'logy t» H want Ir may be stated without exaggeration that tlie announcement of the title of tttv communication, had it been made at any meeting of the association previous to the last one. would have been revived with amaze- ment, if not with incredulity; ami yet to-lay it is en- tirely needle«a to offer you any explanation of mv roa- ^om for presenting thin subject to your consideration. 1 he revolution in their views of the etiology of the so-called chronic iftfuctiom diseases among dermatol- ogic* during the past few years, unparalleled in the history of the progress of medicine, and the unan- imity with which it has been accepted independently of schools and past prejudices, furnish the strongest proof that il is Itaseil u|m>ii no mere theory, or the power of a passing novelty of opinion, hut upou sound obser- vation of facts. 1 may be pardoned if I very briefly, although need- lessly before this society, recall the evidence by which this change of opinion concerning the nature of lupus ha* been accomplished. The French school of der- matology has long maintained that lupus is a scro- fulidc, basing its belief upou clinical connections and auatomical resemblances, and this opinion was also held to a limited extent by writers of other nations. ‘thin the last decade the close mutual relationship of the two affections has been more generally recog- nized. During this period it lias been demonstrated by 1 Bsikl MtUiff mcetiug <»f the American Dermatological Association Jtl,