VOL. XVIII.
APRIL, 1900.
NO. 4.
Society Transactions.
NEW YORK DERMATOLOGICAL SOCIETY.
A Case of Generalized Necrotizing Granuloma.Presented by DR. C. W. ALLEN.
DR. S. SHERWELL said he believed the case was one of acne of the cachectic variety and varioliform. On examination he had not found any glandular enlargements, but he had discovered an excellent condition of the teeth, such as would not be presented by a strumous individual. The teeth were thickly coated with enamel.
DR. MORROW asked Dr. Sherwell whether he regarded this condition of the teeth as a contraindication of struma.
DR. SHERWELL replied that he did.
DR. MORROW observed that struma was very common in Negroes, yet almost all of them had magnificent teeth. . . .
DR. SHERWELL said that he had laid considerable stress on this condition of the teeth. It was his custom to ask where the teeth had first appeared . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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