LEUCODERMA. 



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TREATMEiS'T. — The only rational line of treatment to adopt is 

 to endeavour to remove the eaiise, wliatever that may be. 



Leucoderma. 



This is an abnormal white condition of skin which occurs in 

 patches on various parts of tlie body. It seems to be confined to 

 the thin skin of the face (especiallj^ about the nostrils and round 

 the e3'es, see Fig-. 47), under surface of the tail, and parts between 



Fig. 47. — Leucoderma round the near eye. 



the hind le^s, from the anus to the sheatli or udder. In man, it 

 is sometimes erroneously called leprosy. The patches are liable to 

 increase or decrease in size, without any apparent cause. It is a 

 deficiency of pigment in the skin, and though an eyesore, has no 

 ill effect on the health of the affected part. Its cause is unknown, 

 and treatment, up to the present, has been of no avail. 



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