1. THE ANATOMY OF THE SKIN
A detail lecture on the anatomy of skin, including all the layers of epidermis and dermis, nails and hairs; the blood supply, nerves and pigmentary cells, sweat and sebaceous glands are all discussed….
Melford Eugene Douglass
2. SOME GENERAL OBSERVATIONS
All violations of the general laws of health may produce diseases of the skin, hence it is very important to inquire into the habits, occupation, diet and dwelling-places of those seeking treatment….
3. CLASSIFICATION OF THE ELEMENTARY LESIONS
I have found the following classification to be of the greatest help in diagnosing skin affections: Macules, Vesicles, Bullae, Pustules, Papules, Tubercles, Scales, Fissures, and Ulcers….
4. ETIOLOGY
Whatever be the causes of the various skin diseases, we are chiefly concerned with the means that the physician has at his command with which to treat them successfully. First of this is hygiene….
5. LOCAL DERMAL INFLAMMATIONS
It is important that the homoeopathic dermatologist should be fully acquainted with the eruptions of the skin produced by the administration of medicinal substances or allopathic drugs….
6. THE ERUPTIONS OF ACUTE SPECIFIC DISEASES (ZYMOTIC)
The eruptions of acute specific diseases (zymotic) which are of contagious nature, of definite course and duration, accompanied by fever, the result of poisoning of the body by special viruses-one of the effects of the poisoning being the development of certain characteristic eruptions on the skin….
7. PAPULAR INFLAMMATIONS OR DISEASES
Lichen planus is a non-contagious affection of the skin, characterized by the development of small, flattened papules, which frequently present a distinct central depression or umbilicus….
8. ECZEMA
In obese persons an eczema may arise from the irritation produced by the confinement of the cutaneous secretions by overlapping folds of skin, as under pendulous breasts and in the groin between the thigh and genitals. …
9. BULLOUS DISEASES AND ANOMALOUS FORMS OF BULLOUS ERUPTION
Herpes and pemphigus might have been placed under the head of neurotic diseases, but then many others must have been included, such as urticaria, pityriasis rubra, etc., with them….
10. PUSTULAR DISEASES – IMPETIGO, ECTHYMA, FURUNCULUS, CARBUNCLE, MALIGNANT PUSTULE
Under the term pustular diseases, thus defined, are usually comprised impetigo, ecthyma, and furuncular affections, -the later term including furunculus, or boil; anthrax or carbuncle; and pustular maligna, or malignant boil….
11. SQUAMOUS INFLAMMATION
There are two important disease of the skin with which we shall deal in this chapter-namely, pityriasis and psoriasis. In the former malady, in its typical form, the surface of the body is deeply reddened (hyperaemic), and covered by large and freely imbricated scales or flakes….
12. DIATHETIC DISEASES
In struma, syphilis, and leprosy the changes in the skin are but a small part of the whole disease, and only evidence of a disposition on the part of the tissues of the body, as a whole, to become changed and disordered….
13. HYPERTROPHIC AND ATROPHIC AFFECTIONS
Homeopathic treatment of Hypertrophic diseases of skin like Diseases of the epithelial layer of the skin, including callosities, corns, and horns, in which the epithelial tissue is especially affected….
14. NEW FORMATIONS, OR NEOPLASMATA
Homeopathy remedies for Lupus, Sarcoma, Epithelioma and Cancer of skin. The following homoeopathic remedies may be compared: Arsenicum, Belladonna, Cicuta, Hepar, Hydrocotyle, Hydrastis, Mercurius, Nitric acid, Silicea, Staphisagria, Sulphur, Uranium….
15. CUTANEOUS HEMORRHAGES
The secondary forms of cutaneous hemorrhage occur in connection with typhus, measles, scarlatina, and variola, the early eruptions of which may severally be more or less hemorrhagic….
16. PRURITUS
Pruritus may be general or local, and it is very generally followed by secondary changes in the skin. When general it is due to the cause of systemic diseases…….
17. CHROMATOGENOUS DISEASES, OR ALTERATION IN THE PIGMENTATION OF SKIN
Cases in which the pigmentation of the skin is at fault, disease may be divided into two classes-those in which the pigment is deficient in quantity (Leucoderma, or Vitiligo), and those in which it is in excess (Melanoderma or Melasma). …
18. PARASITIC DISEASES
Homeopathy medicines for the principal animal parasites – Acarus scabiei, or itch mite; the Pediculus, or louse; the Cimex lectularius, or bedbug; the Pulex irritans, or flea; and the Pulex penetrans, or chigoe….
19. DISORDERS OF THE GLANDS
Disorders of the sweat gland (hyperhydrosis) and sebaceous glands (acne, cysts) and their homeopathic management with indicated remedies….
20. DISEASES OF THE HAIR AND HAIR FOLLICLE
Diminished formation of hair is partial or general, comparative (thinning) or absolute (alopecia). It may be congenital, accident, or normal (senile)….
21. VARIOUS LESIONS NOT CLASSIFIED
Chilblains, is an inflammation of the skin, occurring as a secondary effect of cold, and appearing for the most part upon the hands and feet. Occasionally pernio attacks the nose and ears, and may appear on any part of the body….
SENEGA
An excellent compilation of symptoms of homeopathic medicine Senega from the book Pearls of Homeopathy by M.E. Douglass, published in 1903….
SEPIA
An excellent compilation of symptoms of homeopathic medicine Sepia from the book Pearls of Homeopathy by M.E. Douglass, published in 1903….
SILICEA
An excellent compilation of symptoms of homeopathic medicine Silicea from the book Pearls of Homeopathy by M.E. Douglass, published in 1903….
SARSAPARILLA
An excellent compilation of symptoms of homeopathic medicine Sarsaparilla from the book Pearls of Homeopathy by M.E. Douglass, published in 1903….
SECALE
An excellent compilation of symptoms of homeopathic medicine Secale from the book Pearls of Homeopathy by M.E. Douglass, published in 1903….
SEMPERVIVUM
An excellent compilation of symptoms of homeopathic medicine Sempervivum from the book Pearls of Homeopathy by M.E. Douglass, published in 1903….
SOLANUM OLERACEUM
An excellent compilation of symptoms of homeopathic medicine Solanum Oleraceum from the book Pearls of Homeopathy by M.E. Douglass, published in 1903….
SPIGELIA
An excellent compilation of symptoms of homeopathic medicine Spigelia from the book Pearls of Homeopathy by M.E. Douglass, published in 1903….
SPONGIA
An excellent compilation of symptoms of homeopathic medicine Spongia from the book Pearls of Homeopathy by M.E. Douglass, published in 1903….
SQUILLA
An excellent compilation of symptoms of homeopathic medicine Squilla from the book Pearls of Homeopathy by M.E. Douglass, published in 1903….
STANNUM
An excellent compilation of symptoms of homeopathic medicine Stannum from the book Pearls of Homeopathy by M.E. Douglass, published in 1903….
STAPHISAGRIA
An excellent compilation of symptoms of homeopathic medicine Staphisagria from the book Pearls of Homeopathy by M.E. Douglass, published in 1903….
STICTA
An excellent compilation of symptoms of homeopathic medicine Sticta from the book Pearls of Homeopathy by M.E. Douglass, published in 1903….
SINAPIS NIGRA
An excellent compilation of symptoms of homeopathic medicine Sinapis Nigra from the book Pearls of Homeopathy by M.E. Douglass, published in 1903….
SOLANUM NIGRUM
An excellent compilation of symptoms of homeopathic medicine Solanum Nigrum from the book Pearls of Homeopathy by M.E. Douglass, published in 1903….
TELLURIUM
An excellent compilation of symptoms of homeopathic medicine Tellurium from the book Pearls of Homeopathy by M.E. Douglass, published in 1903….
VERATRUM ALBUM
An excellent compilation of symptoms of homeopathic medicine Veratrum Album from the book Pearls of Homeopathy by M.E. Douglass, published in 1903….
TEREBINTHINA
An excellent compilation of symptoms of homeopathic medicine Terebinthina from the book Pearls of Homeopathy by M.E. Douglass, published in 1903….
VERATRUM VIRIDE
An excellent compilation of symptoms of homeopathic medicine Veratrum Viride from the book Pearls of Homeopathy by M.E. Douglass, published in 1903….
MARUM VERUM
An excellent compilation of symptoms of homeopathic medicine Marum Verum from the book Pearls of Homeopathy by M.E. Douglass, published in 1903….
VERBASCUM
An excellent compilation of symptoms of homeopathic medicine Verbascum from the book Pearls of Homeopathy by M.E. Douglass, published in 1903….
STRAMONIUM
An excellent compilation of symptoms of homeopathic medicine Stramonium from the book Pearls of Homeopathy by M.E. Douglass, published in 1903….
THASPIUM
An excellent compilation of symptoms of homeopathic medicine Thaspium from the book Pearls of Homeopathy by M.E. Douglass, published in 1903….
VIBURNUM OPULUS
An excellent compilation of symptoms of homeopathic medicine Viburnum Opulus from the book Pearls of Homeopathy by M.E. Douglass, published in 1903….
STRYCHNINUM
An excellent compilation of symptoms of homeopathic medicine Strychininum from the book Pearls of Homeopathy by M.E. Douglass, published in 1903….
THLASPI
An excellent compilation of symptoms of homeopathic medicine Thlaspi from the book Pearls of Homeopathy by M.E. Douglass, published in 1903….
VIBURNUM PRUNIFOLIUM
An excellent compilation of symptoms of homeopathic medicine Viburnum Prunifolium from the book Pearls of Homeopathy by M.E. Douglass, published in 1903….
ACIDUM SULPHURICUM
An excellent compilation of symptoms of homeopathic medicine Acidum Sulphuricum from the book Pearls of Homeopathy by M.E. Douglass, published in 1903….
THUJA
An excellent compilation of symptoms of homeopathic medicine Thuja from the book Pearls of Homeopathy by M.E. Douglass, published in 1903….
XANTHOXYLUM
An excellent compilation of symptoms of homeopathic medicine Xanthoxylum from the book Pearls of Homeopathy by M.E. Douglass, published in 1903….
SULPHUR
An excellent compilation of symptoms of homeopathic medicine Sulphur from the book Pearls of Homeopathy by M.E. Douglass, published in 1903….
TRILLIUM PENDULUM
An excellent compilation of symptoms of homeopathic medicine Trillium Pemdulum from the book Pearls of Homeopathy by M.E. Douglass, published in 1903….
ZINCUM METALLICUM
An excellent compilation of symptoms of homeopathic medicine Zincum Metallicum from the book Pearls of Homeopathy by M.E. Douglass, published in 1903….
SUMBUL
An excellent compilation of symptoms of homeopathic medicine Sumbul from the book Pearls of Homeopathy by M.E. Douglass, published in 1903….
TROMBIDIUM
An excellent compilation of symptoms of homeopathic medicine Trombidium from the book Pearls of Homeopathy by M.E. Douglass, published in 1903….
ZINCUM PHOSPHORATUM
An excellent compilation of symptoms of homeopathic medicine Zincum Phosphoratum from the book Pearls of Homeopathy by M.E. Douglass, published in 1903….
TABACUM
An excellent compilation of symptoms of homeopathic medicine Tabacum from the book Pearls of Homeopathy by M.E. Douglass, published in 1903….
URANIUM NITRICUM
An excellent compilation of symptoms of homeopathic medicine Uranium Nitricum from the book Pearls of Homeopathy by M.E. Douglass, published in 1903….
ZINCUM SULPHURICUM
An excellent compilation of symptoms of homeopathic medicine Zincum Sulphuricum from the book Pearls of Homeopathy by M.E. Douglass, published in 1903….
TANACETUM
An excellent compilation of symptoms of homeopathic medicine Tanacetum from the book Pearls of Homeopathy by M.E. Douglass, published in 1903….
USTILAGO
An excellent compilation of symptoms of homeopathic medicine Ustilago from the book Pearls of Homeopathy by M.E. Douglass, published in 1903….
TARAXACUM
An excellent compilation of symptoms of homeopathic medicine Taraxacum from the book Pearls of Homeopathy by M.E. Douglass, published in 1903….
VALERIANA
An excellent compilation of symptoms of homeopathic medicine Valeriana from the book Pearls of Homeopathy by M.E. Douglass, published in 1903….
ZINCUM VALERIANICUM
An excellent compilation of symptoms of homeopathic medicine Zincum Valerianicum from the book Pearls of Homeopathy by M.E. Douglass, published in 1903….
ZINGIBER
An excellent compilation of symptoms of homeopathic medicine Zingiber from the book Pearls of Homeopathy by M.E. Douglass, published in 1903….
NUX MOSCHATA
An excellent compilation of symptoms of homeopathic medicine Nux Moschata from the book Pearls of Homeopathy by M.E. Douglass, published in 1903….
NUX VOMICA
An excellent compilation of symptoms of homeopathic medicine Nux Vomica from the book Pearls of Homeopathy by M.E. Douglass, published in 1903….
OCIMUM
An excellent compilation of symptoms of homeopathic medicine Ocimum from the book Pearls of Homeopathy by M.E. Douglass, published in 1903….
OENANTHE CROCATA
An excellent compilation of symptoms of homeopathic medicine Oenanthe Crocata from the book Pearls of Homeopathy by M.E. Douglass, published in 1903….
OENOTHERA
An excellent compilation of symptoms of homeopathic medicine Oenothera from the book Pearls of Homeopathy by M.E. Douglass, published in 1903….
OLEUM ANIMALE
An excellent compilation of symptoms of homeopathic medicine Oleum Animale from the book Pearls of Homeopathy by M.E. Douglass, published in 1903….
OLEUM JECORIS ASELLI
An excellent compilation of symptoms of homeopathic medicine Oleum Jecoris Aselli from the book Pearls of Homeopathy by M.E. Douglass, published in 1903….
OLEANDER
An excellent compilation of symptoms of homeopathic medicine Oleander from the book Pearls of Homeopathy by M.E. Douglass, published in 1903….
ACIDUM NITRICUM
An excellent compilation of symptoms of homeopathic medicine Acidum Nitricum from the book Pearls of Homeopathy by M.E. Douglass, published in 1903….
ONOSMODIUM
An excellent compilation of symptoms of homeopathic medicine Onosmodium from the book Pearls of Homeopathy by M.E. Douglass, published in 1903….
ACIDUM NITROMURIATICUM
An excellent compilation of symptoms of homeopathic medicine Acidum Nitromuriaticum from the book Pearls of Homeopathy by M.E. Douglass, published in 1903….
OPIUM
An excellent compilation of symptoms of homeopathic medicine Opium from the book Pearls of Homeopathy by M.E. Douglass, published in 1903….
NUPHAR LUTEUM
An excellent compilation of symptoms of homeopathic medicine Nuphar Luteum from the book Pearls of Homeopathy by M.E. Douglass, published in 1903….
ORIGANUM
An excellent compilation of symptoms of homeopathic medicine Origanum from the book Pearls of Homeopathy by M.E. Douglass, published in 1903….
PARIS QUADRIFOLIA
An excellent compilation of symptoms of homeopathic medicine Paris Quadrifolia from the book Pearls of Homeopathy by M.E. Douglass, published in 1903….
PAULLINIA SORBILIS
An excellent compilation of symptoms of homeopathic medicine Paullinia Sorbilis from the book Pearls of Homeopathy by M.E. Douglass, published in 1903….
PETROLEUM
An excellent compilation of symptoms of homeopathic medicine Petroleum from the book Pearls of Homeopathy by M.E. Douglass, published in 1903….
PETROSELINUM
An excellent compilation of symptoms of homeopathic medicine Petroselinum from the book Pearls of Homeopathy by M.E. Douglass, published in 1903….
ACIDUM PHOSPHORICUM
An excellent compilation of symptoms of homeopathic medicine Acidum Phosphoricum from the book Pearls of Homeopathy by M.E. Douglass, published in 1903….
PHELLANDRIUM
An excellent compilation of symptoms of homeopathic medicine Phellandrium from the book Pearls of Homeopathy by M.E. Douglass, published in 1903….
PHOSPHORUS
An excellent compilation of symptoms of homeopathic medicine Phosphorus from the book Pearls of Homeopathy by M.E. Douglass, published in 1903….
PHYTOLACCA
An excellent compilation of symptoms of homeopathic medicine Phytolacca from the book Pearls of Homeopathy by M.E. Douglass, published in 1903….
ACIDUM OXALICUM
An excellent compilation of symptoms of homeopathic medicine Acidum Oxalicum from the book Pearls of Homeopathy by M.E. Douglass, published in 1903….
PAEONIA
An excellent compilation of symptoms of homeopathic medicine Paeonia from the book Pearls of Homeopathy by M.E. Douglass, published in 1903….