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tinea barbae

synonyms for tinea barbae

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Favus, tinea versicolor, and the various forms of ring-worm are caused by members of the fungus group.

Tinea Favosa, or favus, is a contagious and a very stubborn disease of the skin, caused by the fungus Achorion Schoenleinii.

Ovid, in his exile at Tomi, likens the "external remorse of its cares" which his heart feels to the gnawing of the tinea.

In tinea sycosis, or ringworm sycosis, the history of the case is different.

Does the eruption of tinea versicolor show predilection for any special region?

Tinea sycosis yields in most instances in the course of several weeks or a few months.

So also there is a tinea which attacks dressed wool, but never touches it in its unwashed state.

The most obstinate of all the eruptions incident to children are, the tinea capitis, or scabbed head, and chilblains.

Milk-crust is a milder disease than tinea, affecting the face as well as the hairy scalp of very young children.

The Vulgate has:—'Sicut tinea uestimento, et uermis ligno: ita tristitia uiri nocet cordi.'

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OCTOBER 26, 1985