Excerpt from The Medical Examiner, 1872, Vol. 13: Semi-Monthly Journal Gentlemen: Before subjecting to your examination the case before us, your atten tion will be occupied a few moments with some comments on the general subject of cutaneous diseases. To most practitioners this is an uninviting topic, and students rarely give it that attention which its importance demands. 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.