ULCERATIONS 



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Ulcerating granuloma, see article on. 

 Varicose, common among young rickshaw coolies. 

 Veldt sore, a septic ulcer common during the Boer War. 

 Ulcerations which are manifestations of general diseases must be 

 treated accordingly; ulcers of local origin are dealt with according to 

 their severity by antiseptic lotions, powders, ointments, cauterizations 

 and other operations. 



Fomentations to clean them up, assisted by petroleum washings 

 if necessary, followed by cleansing lotions of corrosive sublimate, 

 lysol, cyllin, potassium permanganate, oxygen peroxide, boric lotion, 

 eusol, followed by antiseptic dusting powders such as iodoform, i ; 

 talc, I ; boric acid, 2. 



Chondroma. (By P. B. Cousland, Swalow.) 



Some may require cauterization by silver nitrate, pure carbolic, or 

 the actual cautery; others may require scraping and cauterizing under 

 anaesthetic; some may require excision, others X-ray treatment. 



Bier's passive congestion has not proved useful in the author's 

 experience. 



Rest, nourishing food, correction of other disorders and the best 

 hygienic conditions will hasten the process. 



VESICULAR DERMATITIS. 



An epidemic dermatitis occurring at Leopoldville, Congo, caused 

 by a small beetle of the genus Polderus. There may be vesicles on 

 an ervthematous patch or on long streaks with inflamed borders. 



