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• RINGWORM (or TINEA TONSURANS)

RINGWORM (or TINEA TONSURANS)  , a disease of the See also:

• SCALP (0. Dutch schelpe, a shell)

scalp (especially See also:

• COMMON

common within the tropics); it consists of bald patches, usually See also:

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

round, and varying in See also:

• DIAMETER (from the Cr. &a, through, µErpov, measure)

diameter from See also:

• HALF

half an See also:

• INCH (O. Eng. ynce from Lat. uncia, a twelfthpart; cf. " ounce," and see As)

inch up to several inches, the See also:

• SURFACE

surface showing the broken stumps of hairs and a See also:

• FINE

fine whitish powdering of desquamated epidermic scales . In scrofulous subjects See also:

• MATTER

matter is sometimes produced, which forms crusts, or glues the See also:

• HAIR (a word common to Teutonic languages)

hair together, or otherwise obscures the characteristic See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance . The disease is due to a See also:

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

parasite, Trichophyton tonsurans, which exists mostly in the See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of innumerable spores (with hardly any mycelium), and is most abundant within the substance of the hairs, especially at their roots . If a piece of the hair near the See also:

• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root be soaked for a See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time in dilute liquor potassae and Dressed See also:

• FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat under a See also:

• COVER (from the Fr. convert, from couvrir, to cover, Lat. cooperire)

cover-See also:

• GLASS
• GLASS (O.E. glees, cf. Ger. Glas, perhaps derived from an old Teutonic root gla-, a variant of glo-, having the general sense of shining, cf. " glare," " glow ")
• GLASS, STAINED

glass, the See also:

• MICROSCOPE (Gr. µucp6s, small, asenreiv, to %view)

microscope will show it to be occupied by See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long rows of See also:

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

minute See also:

• OVAL (Lat. ovum, egg)

oval spores, very See also:

• UNIFORM

uniform in See also:

• SIZE

size, and each bearing a See also:

• NUCLEUS (Lat. for the kernal of a nut, nux, the stone of fruit)

nucleus . The same fungus sometimes attacks the hairs of the See also:

• BEARD (A.S. beard, O. H. and Mod. Ger. Bart, Dan. beard, Icel. bar, rim, edge, beak of a ship, &c., O. Slay. barda, Russ. barodd. Cf. Welsh barf, Lat.. barba, though, according to the New English Dictionary, the connexion is for phonetic reasons doubtful)
• BEARD, WILLIAM HOLBROOK (1825-1900)

beard, producing a 'disease called " sycosis." Sometimes it invades the hairless regions of skin, forming " tinea circinata "; circular patches of skin disease, if they be sharply defined by a margin of papules or vesicles, may be suspected of depending on the tinea-fungus . Interesting varieties of tinea are found in some of the Pacific and See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East See also:

• INDIAN

Indian islands . Among the best remedial agents are various See also:

• MERCURIAL

mercurial preparations . But in See also:

• MODERN

modern practice much success has been found in X-raying the patch in See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order to remove the dead and diseased hairs, thus leaving a See also:

• FREE

free channel for the passage of antiseptic applications to the follicles . The exposures are followed by inunction of a mercurial preparation or of a lotion of See also:

• TINCTURE (Fr. teinture, Lat. tinctura, tingere, to dye, stain)

tincture of See also:

• IODINE (symbol I, atomic weight '26.92)

iodine with methylated spirit . See also See also:

• FAVUS (Lat. for honeycomb)

FAVUS .