NEVUS PIGMENTOSUS. Presented by DR. VALADE.
D. H., a boy, aged 6 months, presented a brown line on the cheek, 7 mm. long and from 1 to 2 mm. wide, extending downward from the left outer canthus. It had appeared five days after birth, and the parents had considered it to be a silver nitrate stain due to the use of drops in the infant's eyes at birth. Therapeutic suggestions were requested.
DISCUSSION
DR. HOWARD FOX (New York): I would suggest the use of solid carbon dioxide in such a case.
DR. STEVENS: I would advise solid carbon dioxide.
DR. VAN RHEE: I have tried solid carbon dioxide and electrodesiccation in such cases, and consider the former the method of choice.
SCHAMBERG'S DISEASE. Presented by DR. TROXELL.
A. S. C., aged 30, a banker, had first noticed small reddish areas on both shins after exposure to sunlight and weeds in
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