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S. E. SWEITZER, M.D.; L. H. WINER, M.D.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1941;43(4):678-681.

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Recently we had the opportunity of examining and treating a patient with Norwegian scabies. This condition must be rare in America, as it has been reported here only three times (Hessler,¹ Ravogli² and Anderson and Stout³). In the many years at the Minneapolis General Hospital, where we have observed many thousand cases of scabies, the case to be reported is the first of this type that has come to our attention.

The first cases of this condition were reported by Danielssen and Boeck⁴ in 1848. They considered the disease a form of leprosy which was endemic in Norway at that time. Hebra,⁵ in 1851, on a visit to Oslo, Norway, observed a similar case and gave the condition the name "scabies norvegica Boeckii." He published a short paper on the subject in 1852.⁶

In all cases Norwegian scabies was characterized by heavy thick yellowish . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
MINNEAPOLIS

From the Department of Dermatology and Syphilology, University of Minnesota, Dr. H. E. Michelson, Director, and the Department of Dermatology and Syphilology, Minneapolis General Hospital, Dr. S. E. Sweitzer, Chief.

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