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Pruriginous Impetigo Following Varicella, 1880s

Pruriginous impetigo following varicella. Prurigo is an itchy eruption on the skin and impetigo is a bacterial skin infection. The two together present as a red itchy contagious skin rash. The notes on the illustration indicate the condition may have erupted following the viral infection varicella (chicken pox) or perhaps the varicella vaccine. Chromolithograph, 1878-1888. Illustration by E. Burgess after R. W. Sherwin, Mabel Green and Jonathan Hutchinson.
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Title:
Pruriginous Impetigo Following Varicella, 1880s
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Pruriginous impetigo following varicella. Prurigo is an itchy eruption on the skin and impetigo is a bacterial skin infection. The two together present as a red itchy contagious skin rash. The notes on the illustration indicate the condition may have erupted following the viral infection varicella (chicken pox) or perhaps the varicella vaccine. Chromolithograph, 1878-1888. Illustration by E. Burgess after R. W. Sherwin, Mabel Green and Jonathan Hutchinson.
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