Identifier: syphilis00coop (find matches)
Title: Syphilis
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: Cooper, Alfred, Sir, 1846-1908 Cotterell, Edward, 1857-1898
Subjects: Syphilis Syphilis
Publisher: Philadelphia : P. Blakiston
Contributing Library: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons and Harvard Medical School

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he structure of the follicle. The Vesicular, or Varicella Syphilides are theresult of inflammatory changes taking place in apapule, the vesicle often passing into a pustule.After a few days the vesicle becomes flattened orumbilicated, and either ruptures or the contentsbecome dried up, forming a brownish or dark-greenish adherent crust. When this crust is re-moved or falls off, a deep-red papule is exposed,which gradually dies away leaving a stained depres-sion behind. The vesicular syphilides are generallyassociated with other eruptions or symptoms ofsyphilis; they are not very common, but when they EXPLANATION OF PLATE VIII.Minute anatomy of large lichenoid syphilide. (After Crocker.) a Cell-effusion in the angle of the hair-follicle. b Dilated hair-sac nearly filled with horny scales. c Hair-papilla destroyed by the inflammation. d Inflammatory effusion separating hair-sac from the hair itself.e Portion of dilated hair-sac./ Masses of cell-effusion below the hair-follicle. Plate 8.
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EXPLANATION OF PLATE IX. Minute anatomy of small lichenoid sypliilide. (After Crocker.) a, a Masses of round cell-effusion completely enclosing the hau-follicle.b Hair-follicle unaffected,c Sweat coil with cell-exudation between the acini. Plate 9.

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