d example; papular eruptions,
or dry pimples; pustular eruptions, or mattery pimples, of which some
forms are popularly known as crusted tetters; scaly eruptions, or dry
tetters; and vesicular eruptions, or watery pimples.

The treatment of all of the above, except the first, in simple cases,
where there is not much constitutional disarrangement, consists mainly
in attention to the general principles of health, cleanliness,
exercise, food, ventilation, and clothing. Occasional doses of mild
saline aperients (Epsom salts, cream of tartar, or phosphate of soda,
or of sulphur combined with cream of tartar) should be taken, and warm
or tepid bathing, preferably in sea-water, or, if not convenient, rain
water, frequently had recourse to. Stimulants of all kinds should be
avoided, and the red meats, ripe fruits, and the antiscorbutic
vegetables should form a considerable portion of the diet. Lemonade,
made by squeezing the juice of a lemon into a half-pint tumbler full
of water, and sweetening with a little sugar, should be frequently and
liberally taken as one of the best beverages in such cases. To relieve
the itching and irritation (except in the pustular, crusted, and
vesicular varieties), brisk friction with a fleshbrush or a fleshglove
may be employed. The parts should also be wetted with an appropriate
lotion after each friction or bath, or the use of soap and water.

In all the scaly eruptions, iodide of potassium internally, and
ioduretted or sulphuretted lotions or baths are invaluable. In many of
them of a malignant or obstinate character, as _Lepra Psoriasis_,
_Lupus_, etc., small doses of solution of arsenite of potassa (liquor
arsenicalis; the dose, from 3 to 5 drops, gradually and cautiously
increased to 7 to 9 drops, twice a day, after a meal) prove highly
serviceable. In the forms of psoriasis popularly called baker's itch,
grocer's itch, and washer-woman's itch, the application of ointment of
nitrate of mercury, diluted with ten or twelve times its weight of
lard, has been highly recommended. A course of sarsaparilla is also in
most cases advantageous.

The small, hard, distinct pimples--"acne, or acne simplex" of medical
writers--that occur on the forehead, and occasionally on the temples
and chin, generally yield to stimulating lotions, consisting of equal
parts of strong vinegar, or spirit, and water, or to weak lotions of
sulphate of zinc, assisted by occasional doses of cooling laxatives,
as the sali