The Histology of the Skin Lesions in Varicella.
The Histology of the Skin Lesions in Varicella.
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水痘皮肤病变的组织学。
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E. E. Tyzzer
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E. E. Tyzzer
Although varicella is generally regarded as a disease of childhood, the following report deals entirely with the skin lesions in adults. These cases were observed among adult male Filipinos, inmates of Bilibid Prison, at Manila, P.l. Concerning the prevalence of this disease in the islands I could obtain but scanty information. In some localities it is recognized by the natives as a distinct disease, and is called in the Tagalog " buluton tubig" or waterpox, to distinguish it from " buluton " or smallpox. In one of the provinces a native boy, with face pitted from a former attack of smallpox, was met with who showed the characteristic eruption of varicella. The occasional occurrence of varicella in adults is generally accepted, althoughl some eminent authorities clairn never to have seen a case. Thomas 5 16 states that he never saw a case in an adult, and that eruptions resembling varicella in adults indicate variola. Von Genser c has analyzed 29,250 cases of varicella, and finds that 98.22 per cent occurred before the fifteenth year of life, and I.78 per cent between the fifteenth and sixty-first year. Race, climnate, and confinement in crowded prisons doubtless contribute to nmake adults more susceptible to this disease. In the cases dealt with in this paper the diagnosis was definitely established by inoculation experiments, and by the histology of the skin lesions as well as by the clinical features of the disease. It was formerly a matter of controversy whether variola and varicella are etiologically identical, and but different