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viii Contents 



14. Examination of Spinal Fluid 16 



15. Clinical Symptoms and Signs 16 



vi. Immunity and Cutaneous Sensitization 17 



1. The Trichophytin Test 17 



2. The Oidiomycin Test 37 



3. Other Cutaneous Tests 37 



4. Conjoint Sensitization to Penicillin 38 



5. Experimental Fungous Infection in Animals 38 



MI. NONDERMATOLOGIC ALLERGIC MANIFESTATIONS DUE TO FuNGI . . 41 



1. Asthma 41 



2. Hay Fever 42 



Immune Bodies Circulating in the Blood 44 



1. Superficial Fungous Diseases . 44 



2. Deep (Invasive) Fungous Diseases 45 



The Superficial Mycoses 46 



1. Tinea Capitis (Ringworm of the Scalp, Including Favus) . 47 



2. Tinea Barbae 75 



3. Tinea Glabrosa ( Corporis ) ( Ringworm of the Smooth Skin ) 78 



4. Tinea Cruris 93 



5. Dermatophytosis ( Dermatomycosis, Including Onychomy- 

 cosis) 97 



6. Moniliasis 145 



7. Tinea Versicolor 157 



8. Erythrasma 164 



9. Tinea Imbricata 166 



10. Otomycosis ( Myringomycosis ) 168 



1 1 . Lepothrix ( Trichomycosis Axillaris ) 171 



12. Tinea Nodosa (Piedra) 172 



13. Chromoblastomycosis (Dermatitis Verrucosa) .... 173 

 The Deep Mycoses (Essentially or Potentially Systemic) . . 177 



1. Actinomycosis ( Streptothricosis ) 177 



2. Mycetoma ( Maduromycosis ) 186 



3. Nocardiosis (Actinomycosis without Granules) .... 187 



4. Sporotrichosis 189 



5. Blastomycosis 197 



6. Histoplasmosis 203 



7. Coccidioidomycosis 206 



8. Granuloma Paracoccidioides 213 



