SEBORRHOEA  , a medical See also:

• TERM

term applied to describe an See also:

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

accumulation on the skin of the normal sebaceous secretion mixed with dirt and forming scales or a distinct incrustation . On the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head, where it is commonly seen, it may interfere with the See also:

• NUTRITION

nutrition of the See also:

• HAIR (a word common to Teutonic languages)

hair and cause partial baldness . A See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of this disease occurs in See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young infants . The See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main treatment consists in thoroughly cleansing the parts . The crusts may be softened with oil and the affected skin regularly washed with soft See also:

• SOAP

soap and rectified spirit . The sebum frequently accumulates in the sebaceous ducts, giving rise to the See also:

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

minute See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black points often noticed on the See also:

• FACE (from Lat. fades, derived either from facere, to make, or from a root fa-, meaning " appear "; cf. Gr. cbatvstv)

face, back and See also:

• CHEST (Gr. Kiarl, Lat. cista, O. Eng. cist, test, &c.)

chest in young adults, to which the term comedones is applied . A form of this disorder, of larger See also:

• SIZE

size and 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 See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance, is termed milium . These affections may to a large extent be prevented by strict See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention to See also:

• ABLUTION (Lat. ablutio, from abluere, " to wash off ")

ablution and brisk See also:

• FRICTION (from Lat. fricare, to rub)

friction of the skin, which will also often remove them when they begin to appear . The retained secretion may be squeezed out or evacuated by incision and the skin treated with some See also:

• SIMPLE

simple See also:

• SULPHUR

sulphur application .