Excerpt from Dictionary of Practical Medicine, Vol. 8: Comprising General Pathology, the Nature and Treatment of Diseases, Morbid Structures, and the Disorders Especially Incidental to Climates, to the Sex, and to the Different Epochs of Life; With Numerous Prescriptions for the Medicines Recommended, a Class 11. Ii. The colour of the skin is variously changed in disease, and this change may be gen eral, or in large patches, streaks, or in small spots or points. The change may consist either in absence of colour, or uncommon pallor, or in a deepening of the tint. All changes of colour arise from the quantity and quality of the blood circulating in the vessels of the cutis vera; or, in the opinion of rokitansky, from the state Ofthe epidermis, especially its inner, or Malpighian layer, from some change in its cells, or from some unusual pigment in them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.