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Lymphostatic Verrucosis

PERK LEE DAVIS, M.D.

AMA Arch Derm. 1955;71(5):644.

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Many times, through ignorance, people indulge in self-administered home remedies. The results are often tragic, as the following case report illustrates.

REPORT OF A CASE

Mary L., aged 43, had been troubled with dermatophytosis of both feet for five years. She had received many diverse medical treatments, including x-ray therapy for this condition. Impatience prompted Mary to resort to a remedy suggested by a well-meaning friend who had gathered her information from an article in a digested book magazine. This article suggested the use of a phenol (carbolic acid) and camphor preparation for the cure of athlete's foot. Perhaps it was Mary's embryo-scientific zeal which prompted her to use the preparation on her left foot only, leaving her right foot as a control.

After one application of the remedy she developed a severe erysipelas-like infection with lymphangitis extending from the toes to the groin on . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Paoli, Pa.

From Davis Clinic, Paoli Medical Center.

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