Selected monographs on dermatology / P.G. Unna [and others].

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1893
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    colour will make its appearance if quinine (or quinidine) was present. Treatment is hardly ever necessary for the cutaneous disorders caused by quinine, since they spontaneously dis- appear on withdrawal of the offending agent. A simple protective dusting powder will relieve the subjective sensa- tion of heat and itching which commonly characterise the erythematous and urticarial forms. A number of expedients have been suggested to prevenl the irritating effects of quinine upon the skin. Lightfool observed the rapid disappearance of the quinine eruptior following the administration of twenty-five drops of tincture of hyoscyamus and sponging the body with alcohol Hydrobromic acid, it is claimed, exerts a remarkable influ< ence in counteracting the untoward effects of quinine. CONIUM. Conium in large but not toxical doses, according to Stille sometimes produces an erythematous or papular eruptioi upon the skin in conjunction with injection of the eyes diaphoresis, and other characteristic symptoms. Dierbach, quoted by Piffard, states that diaphoresis, erj- sipelatous inflammation, bluish spots, or a rosaceal eruptioi may follow the internal use of this drug. COPAIBA AND CDBEBS. The eruptive disturbances caused by copaiba and cubeb are generally recorded together under the head of balsamii eruptions. Since these two drugs are so often given in combination it would be difficult to differentiate the part played by eacl in the production of the cutaneous phenomena. It will be most convenient, therefore, to study their inci dental effects upon the skin in the same connection ; it mus be noted, however, that the two drugs are not equall; CONDUEANGO. J. E. Guntz records a case of furunculosis following the internal use o condurango.—T. C. F.