VOL. XIX.
NOVEMBER, 1901.
NO. 11.
Book Reviews.
LA PRATIQUE DERMATOLOGIQUE. Tome I.
Edited by M. M. BESNIER, BROCQ and JACQUET.
Paris: G. Masson et cie., 120 Boulevard St. Germain. 1900.
Raynaud is not able to throw much light on the etiology or treatment of Oriental Boil, but thinks the contagion is spread by insect bites. Caraté is a subject new to Americans, which will become of importance, as our trade with South America increases. It is characterized by macules of various colors followed by false vitiligo and is caused by a fungus. There is a good colored plate.
J Cutan Genito-Urin Dis. November 1901;19:543-545.
Editor's Comment
Increasing wealth and public health have helped to control many tropical diseases. However, global trade and the economy of international traffic have allowed once exotic conditions to travel far and wide. Which of these tropical diseases with their prominent skin findings could you identify . . . [Full Text of this Article]