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Dermatological complaint
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
EZAEMC
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eruption
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The illustration shows the characteristic indications of the presence of lice, viz: the occipital eczema gluing the hairs together, the swollen cervical glands, and the porrigo, or eruption of contagious pustules upon the neck.
The affix _-idge_ (= _-age_) arose through confusion with _pottage_.] PORRIGO, po-r[=i]'g[=o], _n._ a general name for various skin diseases.--_adj._ PORRIG'INOUS.
Contagious Impetigo, or porrigo, as it was formerly called, is a skin disease common among children, and it may affect adults.
The symptoms include: Excessive pandiculation, Excessive oscitation, Excessive eructation, Dyspnœa, Sphygmic flutters, Abnormal porrigo, A desiccated epidermis.
Does he allude to porrigo? He recommends for the cure of them a composition of litharge, ceruse, alum, the green leaves of rue, vinegar, and myrtle oil.