

List of Illustrations 



Pigment at base of colony on artificial medium . . .Frontispiece 



Characteristic colors of fungous cultures facing 227 



Sabouraud's classification of the ringworm fungi 2 



Growth of fungi in artificial medium and on human skin ... 9 



Hyphal fusion between strains of identical species .... 15 



Specific reactions to trichophvtin test 25 



Age incidence in tinea capitis due to M. audouini 49 



Tinea capitis due to M. audouini 51 



Tinea capitis caused bv M. lanosum 53 



Tinea capitis due to endothrix Trichophyta 55 



Kerion 56 



Favus of the scalp 57 



Favus 59 



Favus 60 



Ringworm infection 61 



Diseases confused with tinea capitis 65 



Activation of tinea capitis after x-ray therapy 69 



Tinea capitis treated with x-rays 70 



Tinea capitis— localized infection treated with x-rays .... 72 



Tinea barbae 77 



Tinea barbae and sycosis barbae 79 



Tinea glabrosa (circinate type) due to M. lanosum .... SI 



Tinea glabrosa due to M. audouini 82 



Tinea glabrosa and pityriasis rosea 83 



Tinea glabrosa due to \l. fulvum 85 



Tinea glabrosa 86 



Tinea glabrosa due to T. alba (faviforme) 87 



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