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MAJOR John V. Ambler
M.C., A.U.S.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1944;49(3):224.

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The following letter was a personal one to the editor. It is considered of sufficient interst to publish:

"I have been on this island for the past six weeks, acting as consultant. I am on the go from place to place constantly, have visited all the hospitals in the whole area and am now on my way around again. There is a wealth of dermatologic material here, and the diseases are the same as in the states, but there are many differences. Almost all diseases of the skin seem to become worse on the patients' arrival here. Acne often assumes the cystic type; all eczematoid eruptions are made worse, and even psoriasis usually becomes severe. The bulk of the hospital admissions are for fungous diseases of the feet and hands which have become eczematized. These are largely due to over-treatment. I have also seen a considerable number of eczematous . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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