Analysis of eight thousand cases of skin disease / by L. Duncan Bulkley.

  • Bulkley, Lucius Duncan, 1845-1928.
Date:
1882
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Credit: Analysis of eight thousand cases of skin disease / by L. Duncan Bulkley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE II.—Continued. Disease. Private Practice. Public Practice. Totals. Num¬ ber. Per cent. Num- ! ber. Per cent. Num¬ ber. Per cent. 73 Impetigo herpetiformis. 2 CXD D-> 0 2 .025 74 Lymphangioma. .... 2 •037 2 .025 75 Macula pigmentosa. • • • • 2 •°37 2 .025 76 Neuroma. . • • • • 2 •°37 2 .025 77 Onychatrophia. .... 2 .037 2 .025 78 Telangiectasis. I .078 I .018 2 .025 79 Vaccinia. • • • 2 •037 2 .025 80 Varicella prurigo. . . » 2 .037 2 .025 81 Congestio folliculorum. I .018 I .0125 82 Ephilide. I .012^ 83 Folliculitis capitis. I .018 I .0125 84 Haemophilia. . • • I .018 I .0125 85 Lymphadenoma. I .oqo I •OI25 86 Miliaria. I .018 I .0125 87 Phlegmon. .... I .0x8 I .0125 88 Prurigo. I .Oqo I .0125 89 Rhinoscleroma. I .Oqo I .0125 90 Scarlatina .... .OgQ I .0125 91 Strophulus pruriginosus.... I “18 I .0125 92 Syphilophobia. # . .... I .018 I .0125 93 Tylosis. # . .... I .018 I .0125 94 Varioloid . # . .... I .018 I .0125 95 Doubtful diagnosis. 3 .12 9 .16 12 .15 > 2,583 .... 5.417 .... 8,000 .... Ninety-four separate names of disease-states are found in the first table, and in the second table several of these are seen to be further subdivided, so that the total number of distinct eruptions here presented will number more than one hundred. In regard to the nomenclature here employed, it may be mentioned that the aim has been to employ only well-known names, and to adhere to the rule of using a Latin termi¬ nology. For many years the cases have been recorded on a scheme of nomenclature and classification prepared by the writer for teaching, and the adoption of a definite and determined plan has aided much in securing records which, while made solely for practical utility in dealing with the cases, could be used in forming the present tables of sta¬ tistics. It will be observed that many affections appear less frequently than others ; this, in many instances, is due to the comparative rarity of the eruption, while in other in¬ stances it is because the complaint is not such as would be *