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See also: base, containing a clear or yellowish fluid; the blebs occasion much irritation, and when they burst leave raw ulcerated surfaces
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The disease is principally known in unhealthy or neglected See also: children
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A variety of the malady, See also: pemphigus foliaceous, affects the whole See also: body, and gradually proves fatal
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Pemphigus of an acute septicaemic type occurs in butchers or those who handle hides, and a diplococcus has been isolated by See also: William
See also: Bullock
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The treatment is mainly constitutional, by means of See also: good nourishment, warm See also: baths, See also: local sedatives and tonics
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In chronic pemphigus, streptococci have been found in the blebs, and the opsonic See also: index was low to streptococci
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Improvement has been known to take place on the injection of a vaccine of streptococci
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