See also:

• ICHTHYOSIS, or XERODERMA

ICHTHYOSIS, or XERODERMA  , a See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general thickening of the whole skin and marked See also:

• ACCUMULATION (from Lat. accumulare, to heap up)

accumulation of the epidermic elements, with See also:

• ATROPHY (Gr. It- priv., rpo4, nourishment)

atrophy of the sebaceous glands, giving rise to a hard, dry, scaly See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition, whence the names, from Ixebs, See also:

• FISH (O. Eng. fist, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch visch, Ger. Fisch, Goth. fisks, cognate with the Lat. piscis)
• FISH, HAMILTON (1808-1893)

fish, and epos, dry, 3442a, skin . This disease generally first appears in See also:

• INFANCY

infancy, and is probably congenital . It differs in intensity and in See also:

• DISTRIBUTION (Lat. distribuere, to deal out)

distribution, and is generally little amenable to any but palliative remedies, such as the See also:

• REGULAR

regular application of oily substances . See also:

• ICHTHYOSIS, or XERODERMA

Ichthyosis lingualis (" smokers' See also:

• TONGUE (O. Eng. lunge)

tongue "), a variety See also:

• COMMON

common in heavy smokers, occurs in opaque See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white patches on the tongue, gums and roof of the mouth . See also:

• CANCER (" THE CRAB ")
• CANCER, LUIS (d. 1549)
• CANCER, or CARCINOMA (from Lat. cancer, Gr. KapKivwga, an eating ulcer)

Cancer occasionally starts from the patches . The See also:

• AFFECTION (Lat. ad, and facere, to do something to, sc. a person)

affection is obstinate, but may disappear spontaneously .