Diathetic Diseases

I shall adopt the plan as outlined by Dr. Fox, and include under the head of diathetic diseases the strumous, the syphilitic, and the leprous diseases of the skin. There are some objections to this classification, but they do not outweigh the advantages of the arrangement. In struma, syphilis, and leprosy the changes in the skin are but a small part of the whole disease, and only evidence of a disposition on the part of the tissues of the body, as a whole, to become changed and disordered.