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See also:PEMPHIGUS (Gr. rrEµ¢eE, a bubble)
,a skin disease, in which large blebs appear, on a red 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: |
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