On the non-identity of the parasites met with in Favus, Tinea Tonsurans, and Pityriasis Versicolor : including, proofs derived from the occurrence of these diseases amongst the lower animals, and their transmission from them to man / by Dr. M'Call Anderson.

  • Anderson, McCall, 1836-1908.
Date:
1866
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Credit: On the non-identity of the parasites met with in Favus, Tinea Tonsurans, and Pityriasis Versicolor : including, proofs derived from the occurrence of these diseases amongst the lower animals, and their transmission from them to man / by Dr. M'Call Anderson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ON THE NON-IDENTITY OF THE PARASITES MET WITH IN EAVUS, TINEA TONSURANS, AND PITYRIASIS VERSICOLOR It is curious to note the variety of opinion which prevails amongst scientific men as regards many points relating to the so-called vegetable parasitic affections of the skin. Thus some, with Wilson at their head—whose opinions must always command respect (a)—hold that there are no such diseases, the plant-like structures met with in favus, ringworm, &c., not being fungous growths at all, but mere degenerations of the normal elements of the skin. Others, while admitting the presence of fungi in these diseases, hold that they are not essential, but accidental formations; and many are of opinion that they are not peculiar to them, but are met with more or less in almost all chronic skin diseases (b). Then there are those, with Devergie for their leader(c), who lean to the theory of spontaneous generation as applied to them; and, lastly, the camp is pretty equally divided between those who believe that several fungous growths are concerned in the production of the parasitic