Original - Abhandlungen. 

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Two Newly Discovered Skin Diseases; one origina- 

 ting in the Cat and the other in the Dog. Both 

 Cryptogamic and Infectious; and both capable of 

 being transmitted from the Animal to the Human 



Body.*) 



By 

 J. H. Salisbury, B. N. S. A. M. M. D. 



(With Tab. V, Fig I a— f.) 



I. Trichosis Felinis. 



Ihis is a skin disease originating- in the cat, and is readily 

 transmissible to the human subject. It resembles in appearance 

 Trichosis furfuracae, and, like it, has a cryptogamic cause. It is 

 produced by a species of fungus that developes in fermenting 

 cat's milk. It developes on kittens, while nursing; — first 

 around the lips, nose, face and eyes, and spreads — often — 

 to the head and body. It forms, — with the epidermic cells, — 

 circular patches of thin, rusty scurf on the face, nose, lips and 

 head. The hair soon sickens, curls up, dies, and crumbles away, 

 and the eyes become sore and more or less closed. Often the 

 eyes become entirely shut. After nursing ceases, this growth 

 gradually disappears. It often lasts, — however, — two or three 

 months, and may be longer, after weaning. 



The disease is infectious, and is readily transmissible to the 

 human subject, from the kitten, — aud then from one person 



*) An account of these diseases was first published in the American 

 Journal of Medical Sciences for April 1867. 



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