The fomentations were of boracic lint soaked in hot water and covered with oil silk frequently changed. It may be mentioned that the improvement was much more rapid than had been seen in similarly extensive cases treated by fomentations, the only known difference being the high opsonic index. The case is of importance as supporting Wright’s work, and also as showing the value of examining the blood before injecting tuberculin. It also explains why some apparently severe cases do well under simple treatment.
Dr. Graham Little was able to confirm Dr. Sequeira’s observations in this case from one at St. Mary’s Hospital, in which a similar improvement had been noticed with fomentations in a patient whose opsonic index was as high as 2.
Mr. Gerald Sichel (introduced) showed, on behalf of Sir Cooper Perry: (1) The boy, aged 8 years, who was shown at the February meeting as a case for diagnosis, and in whose case the chronic nodular annular patches had gradually increased in size; fresh, hard, painless, and but slightly tender, shotty nodules had also developed in the periosteum of the left temporal region. Dr. Galloway recognised the case as identical with one he had described in this journal as Lichen annularis. Dr. Pringle also had seen similar cases.
(2) A boy, aged 13 years, presenting symmetrical, painless callosities, covering in size an area of between a shilling and a two-shilling piece, on the back of each heel, and which he had noticed for the past eight or nine months.
THE DERMATOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.
A meeting of this Society was held on Wednesday, February 22nd, 1905, Dr. H. Waldo in the chair.
The following cases were exhibited:
Dr. W. Clement Daniel exhibited a man, a photographer by occupation, with a symmetrical eruption upon the legs resembling a chronic eczema, the irritation of which was very severe at times.