Natural History, Vol. 6 of 10. With An English Translation; Libri XX-XXIII (Classic Reprint) 12+

🔖 Excerpt from Natural History, Vol. 6 of 10: With An English Translation; Libri XX-XXIIIPsora was a term for several diseases, including leprosy. Often our itch.Leprae (the singular is late) seems to refer to scaly conditions of the skin accompanied by pruritus.Scabies was not our scabies, which is limited to the pustules caused by the itch insect. Celsus (v. 28, 16) describes it as a hardening of the skin, which grows ruddy, and from it grow pustules with itching ulceration. Probably several kinds of eczema are included under this term.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.