25 DISEASES OF ADULT LIFE. | - 327 
‘fin all labour there is reward.” There isjust one other form 
of lupus that makes the life of some of our race miserable ; 
that is the variety seen on the face, which in its progress 
often eats away the nose We sometimes see these cases, 
the sight of which moves our pity. Of all the remedies that 
have been tried, there is but one we find that is claimed as 
a cure, that is chromic acid in a solution of six grains to the 
ounce of water, paint on to the affected parts three times a 
day. The American doctor who gives this cure reports 
several successful cases Ointments of crysarobin, 20 grains 
to the ounce of vaseline ; proligalic acid, 20 to 40 grains, to 
the ounce in ointment; are also recommended. ‘The con- 
stitutional treatment is not of much avail, still it ought not to 
be neglected. A good blood mixture, with attention to the 
skin and digestive organs, will help nature to throw off this 
incumbrance 
SCURVY (PURPUREA), 
Is a skin disease generally resulting from a want of vegetaole 
diet and eating salt meat. It is well-known to sailors, 
especially those who go on long whaling voyages. We have 
seen it, however. in persons who had a good opportunity of 
getting a vegetable diet. The commonest form of it is 
scurvy in the beard, called sycosis. The treatment for 
general scurvy 1s avoidance of the cause or causes; a 
vegetable diet; water cress and cold infusion of clivers, ora 
tablespoonful of the juice, a course of medicine once a week. 
If the patient 1s weak a tonic of golden seal and cayenne, one 
ounce of the first and half ounce of the second, dose a 
teaspoonful, or the stomach bitters, As an application we have 
found the hypo-chloride of sulphur ointment splendid; two 
drachms to the ounce of lard or vaseline, applied twice daily 
seldom fails. Make the medicine given for ulcers (page 318), 
in addition to the infusion of clivers. If you want to save 
yourself from 
SCURVY IN THE BEARD, 
Which 1s another form of the above, don't shave. It is an 
unnatural custom and is often the cause of infection. If you 
