Descriptive catalogue of the Dermatological Collection (models and casts) : contained in the museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England / by H. Radcliffe Crocker, with the assistance of J.H. Targett.

  • Royal College of Surgeons of England. Museum.
Date:
1895
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Credit: Descriptive catalogue of the Dermatological Collection (models and casts) : contained in the museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England / by H. Radcliffe Crocker, with the assistance of J.H. Targett. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    eyelids. Xotliing like these appearances occurs in common Erythema or in Syphilis ; it is exclusively restricted to this affection. In the notes of the case furnished by M. Vidal, he calls the disease Lupus erythematosus ; but in the Paris collection it is named Scrofulide erythemateuse,^’ and is numbered 258. M. Yidal states that the affection began as a pimple on the left cheek ; six months later the extension of the inflammation to the whole face gained for it the name of erysipelas; and nearly two years afterwards the disease presented the appearances seen in the model. The remedies employed in the treatment were cod- liver oil, syrup of the iodide of iron, tincture of gentian, sea-water baths, and the Yigo plaster (a plaster of mercury). At the end of three years from the first outbreak of the disease there were symptoms of slow but manifest improvement and a distinct expectation of cure. Baretta. 173. Model of the cheeks showing Lupus erythematosus in a retrograde stage, the morbid process being exhausted in the centre of the patches but active at the circumference, thus gmng the disease a marginate character. Hardy terms it Lupus margine erythemateux.” The disease bears evidence of having originated in a cluster of circular patches, which have become blended towards the centre but retain their circular and annulate figure at the circum- ference. The central area is pale and slightly depressed^ and has more or less the character of a cicatrix from destruction of the papillae cutis and the substitution of fibrous tissue. The margin is papulated from point to point and in a state of desquamation ; it is abrupt towards the area, and fades externally into the tint of the adjacent skin. Around the circumference may be seen several small spots in an incipient and progressive stage. The disease is doubtless of some years’ standing, and the patient a female. In the Paris collection the model is numbered 236. Baretta. 174. Model of part of the face, showing a more advanced stage of Liupus erythematosus—not the congestive and progressive stage but the degenerative and retrogressive condition. One patch extends across the nose, and another has an