"Psorosperm" Quotes from Famous Books
... thought at one time to be a cancerous disease resulting from a continued eczematous inflammation of the parts, there is now but little doubt that it is of malignant nature from the earliest stages. The psorosperm-like bodies found, to the presence of which the disease has by some authorities been attributed (psorospermosis), are now known to be merely changed and degenerated epithelia. The morbid changes consist ... — Essentials of Diseases of the Skin • Henry Weightman Stelwagon |