The sexual life of woman in its physiological, pathological and hygienic aspects

Note 28 — I. THE SEXUAL EPOCH OF THE MENARCHE. (continued 2)

Eden Paul translation

It will be noticed that the author uses the term seborrhœa as a general term for diseases of the sebaceous glands, including acne. In England acne, and its preliminary stage, the formation of comedones, are separately considered, the signification of the term seborrhœa being limited to denote cases in which the secretion of the glands forms an oily, waxy, or scaly accumulation on the surface. Seborrhœa oleosa is defined by Crocker as that form of the affection in which the olein is in excess.—Tr.

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