In the present work I do not intend to adopt any
classification. I shall take each disease in accordance
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met it in practice, placing, however, in succession, those
diseases which most closely resemble one another in
their pathology or general symptoms.
I have devoted more attention than is generally given
to the treatment of these diseases, believing this to be
the portion most neglected in works of the present day.
The classification of most authors has been added, at
the end of the volume, for the benefit of those who
may wish a perusal. All mention has, moreover, been
omitted of affections in which the skin eruptions are
but secondary to serious constitutional disorders.
The paragraphs on pathology I have written with a
view of promulgating my own ideas of the nature and
causes of these affections, as the explanation of many
of them, by other authors, I consider most unsatis-
factory.
In conclusion, I sincerely trust that students and
others will find that the object with which this work
has been undertaken has been achieved, and that I
have succeeded in rendering more simple the study
of Cutaneous Diseases.
lo, Westland Row,

Merrion Square,
Dublin.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
ANATOMY OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES

CHAPTER II.
PHYSIOLOGY AND GENERAL TREATMENT OF THE HEALTHY

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CHAPTER III.
GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO THE PATHOLOGY, CAUSES,
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