Original Communications.
By George Henry Fox, M.D.,
WITH A REPORT ON THE HISTOPATHOLOGY.
BY JOHN A FORDYCE, M.D.,
The first patient who presented the peculiar eruption which I wish briefly
to describe, entered the New York Skin and Cancer Hospital in January, 1899.
She was twenty-eight years old, unmarried, and born in Russia. The eruption
was mainly confined to the axillary region, had existed for a year or more
and caused no little distress. The itching was intense and of a paroxysmal
character, robbing her of sleep and impairing her general health in a marked
degree.
Editor's Comment
Bromides and trional were found necessary to relieve the persistent
insomnia, while arsenic and iron, together with compulsory exercise in the
open air were prescribed for their tonic effect. At times slight improvement
both general and local was noted, but after eleven months in hospital the
patient was finally discharged in a condition which . . . [Full Text of this Article]
