THE JOURNAL OF CUTANEOUS DISEASES
VOL. XXVII
September, 1909
NO 9
Case for Diagnosis. Presented by DR DAVIS.
The patient was a female of eighteen years; she had first noticed the start of the present condition nine months ago. There were three dime- and smaller-sized lesions on the right lower leg, on the left edge of the tibia; the skin being freely movable over the bone. These lesions were superficial ulcers, with sharply marginate edges, and a red surface. There was apparently some swelling of the tibia, and also slight tenderness. A skiagraph was made, which showed a periostitis.
J Cutan Dis.
1909;27(9):419.
Editor's Comment
A what? As is my wont, when in doubt I check it out in the Oxford English Dictionary, where I learn that skiagraph (from the Greek skia, meaning shadow) is an obsolete term for what we now call a . . . [Full Text of this Article]