...DISEASES. Cutaneous afflictions are very prevalent among Malays, furu lias been described; another called Sopa resembles leprosy and is probably a species...for those afflicted incessantly scratch themselves; when the scsiies fall off the disease is considered infectious. Exposure to sea water and diet which...

...Fox (I. c., 290) gives the following diagnostic hints for squamous syphiloderma : First, if limited to the palms of the hands and soles of the feet it is in the majority of cases syphilitic. Second, the disease does not attack the elbows and knees by predilection,...

...cure. Tylosis palmee et plantee is another form of hyperkeratosis, but it is limited in distribution to the palms of the hands and soles of the feet. It is very markedly hereditary. The lesion exists at birth, but only becomes evident when pressure on the...

...remission but recurred, usually in less intense form, with recrudescence of fever. When it extended to the palms of the hands and soles of the feet, it was frequently followed by itching. The incidence of adenopathy was highly variable and, when present,...