See also:

• FAVUS (Lat. for honeycomb)

FAVUS (See also:

• LAT

Lat. for See also:

• HONEYCOMB

honeycomb)  , a disease of the See also:

• SCALP (0. Dutch schelpe, a shell)

scalp, but occur-See also:

• RING (O.E. hring; a word common to Teutonic languages; and probably cognate with the Lat. circus, Gr. KtpKOS or KpLKOS, Skt'. chakra, wheel, circle, cf. also " harangue "); in art, a band of circular shape of varying sizes, made of any material and used f

ring occasionally on any See also:

• PART

part of the skin, and even at times on mucous membranes . The uncomplicated See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance is that of a number of yellowish, circular, See also:

• CUP (in O.E. cuppe; generally taken to be from Late Lat. cuppa, a variant of Lat. cupa, a cask, cf. Gr. KuaeXXov)

cup-shaped crusts (scutula) grouped in patches like a niece of See also:

• HONEYCOMB

honeycomb, each about thesize of a split See also:

• PEA (Pisum)

pea, with a See also:

• HAIR (a word common to Teutonic languages)

hair projecting in the centre . These increase in See also:

• SIZE

size and become crusted over, so that the characteristic See also:

• LESION (through Fr. from Lat. laesio, injury, laedere, to hurt)

lesion can only be seen See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round the edge of the scab . Growth continues to take See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place for several months, when scab and scutulum come away, leaving a shining See also:

• BARE

bare patch destitute of hair . The disease is essentially chronic, lasting from ten to twenty years . It is caused by the growth of a fungus, and pathologically is the reaction of the tissues to the growth . It was the first disease in which a fungus was discovered—by J . L . Schonlein in 1839; the See also:

• DISCOVERY

discovery was published in a brief See also:

• NOTE
• NOTE (Lat. nota, mark, sign, from noscere, to know)

note of twenty lines in M-iillers Archiv for that See also:

• YEAR

year (p . 82), the fungus having been subsequently named by R . Remak •Achorion Schonleinii after its discoverer . The achorion consists of slender, mycelial threads matted together, bearing See also:

• OVAL (Lat. ovum, egg)

oval, nucleated gonidia either See also:

• FREE

free or jointed .

The spores would appear to enter through the unbroken cutaneous See also:

• SURFACE

surface, and to germinate mostly in and around the hair-follicle and some-times in the See also:

• SHAFT
• SHAFT (O. Eng., sceaft, from scafan, to shave; the word is common to Teutonic languages)

shaft of the hair . In 1892 two other See also:

• SPECIES

species of the fungus were described by P . G . See also:

• UNNA

Unna and See also:

• FRANK, JAKOB (1726-1791)

Frank, the See also:

• FAVUS (Lat. for honeycomb)

Favus griseus, giving rise to greyish-yellow scutula, and the Favus sulphureus celerior, causing See also:

• SULPHUR

sulphur-yellow scutula of a rapid growth . Favus is commonest among the poorer See also:

• JEWS
• JEWS (Heb. Y8hudi, man of Judah; Gr. 'Iovbaiot; Lat. Judaei)

Jews of See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia, See also:

• POLAND (Polish Polska, Ger. Polen), (see POLAND, RUSSIAN, below)
• POLAND, RUSSIAN

Poland, See also:

• HUNGARY
• HUNGARY (Hungarian Magyarorszdg)

Hungary, See also:

• GALICIA (Ger. Galizien; Pol. Halicz)
• GALICIA (the ancient Gallaecia or Callaecia, KaMauci,a or KaXau da)

Galicia and the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East, and among the same class of Mahommedans in See also:

• TURKEY

Turkey, See also:

• ASIA

Asia See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

Minor, See also:

• SYRIA

Syria, See also:

• PERSIA

Persia, See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt, See also:

• ALGIERS (Fr. Alger, Arab. Jezair, i.e. The Islands)

Algiers, &c . It is not rare in the See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern departments of See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, in some parts of See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, and in See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland . It is spread by contagion, usually from See also:

• CATS, JACOB (1577-1660)

cats, often, however, from mice, fowls or See also:

• DOGS, ISLE OF

dogs . Lack of See also:

• PERSONAL

personal cleanliness is an almost necessary See also:

• FACTOR (from Lat. facere, to make or do)

factor in its development, but any one in delicate See also:

• HEALTH

health, especially if suffering from See also:

• PHTHISIS (Gr. 49Lnns " wasting ")

phthisis, seems especially liable to See also:

• CONTRACT
• CONTRACT (Lat. contract us, from contrahere, to draw together, to bind)

contract it . Before treatment can be begun the scabs must be removed by means of carbolized oil, and the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head thoroughly cleansed with soft See also:

• SOAP

soap . The cure is then brought about by the judicious use of parasiticides . If the nails are affected, avulsion will probably be needed before the disease can be reached .