PITYRIASIS VERSICOLOR (Gr. irtrvpiaccs, scurf, from airupOV, See also:

• BRAN

bran)  , a skin disease, consisting of patches of brownish discolorations of various sizes and shapes, mostly on the front of the See also:

• BODY

body, and often attended with itching, especially after See also:

• HEATING

heating exercise . The pigmentation seems to radiate from the orifices of See also:

• HAIR (a word common to Teutonic languages)

hair-follicles . The epidermis is in a scaly See also:

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

condition over the patch, and among the debris of the epidermic See also:

• CELL (from Lat. cella, probably from an Indo-European kal —seen in Lat. celare, to hide; another suggestion connects the word with Lat. cera, wax, taking the original meaning to refer to the honeycomb)

cell there may be seen See also:

• MINUTE
• MINUTE (Lat. minutes, small; minuere, to make less)

minute See also:

• OVAL (Lat. ovum, egg)

oval spores due to a See also:

• VEGETABLE

vegetable See also:

• PARASITE (From Gr. irapa, beside, Tiros food)

parasite, the Microsporon furfur . The disease is mostly one of adult See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age, found all over the See also:

• WORLD

world, and not associated in any See also:

• SPECIAL

special way with poor See also:

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

general See also:

• HEALTH

health . The treatment consists of rubbing in an ointment of See also:

• POTASSIUM [symbol K (from kalium), atomic weight 39.114 0=16)]

potassium sulphide or one of the See also:

• MERCURIAL

mercurial ointments, or using See also:

• SULPHUR

sulphur-See also:

• SOAP

soap habitually .