"Dermatitis" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... of horses (dermatitis granulosa, boils) have been traced to the presence in the skin of another parasite, 3 millimeters in length and extremely attenuated (Filaria irritans Railliet). The sores may be seen as small as a millet seed, but more frequently ...
— Special Report on Diseases of the Horse • United States Department of Agriculture
... is the poison oak or poison ivy. Poisoning by this plant is rare in England, though not uncommon in the United States. Mere contact with the leaves or branches will in many people set up an acute dermatitis, with much oedema and hyperaemia of the skin. The inflammation spreads rapidly, and there is formation of blebs with much itching. There is often great constitutional disturbance, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, and pains in the abdomen. The effects may last ...
— Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology • W. G. Aitchison Robertson |
