This section is from the book "A Treatise On The Materia Medica And Therapeutics Of The Skin", by Henry G. Piffard. Also available from Amazon: A Treatise On The Materia Medica And Therapeutics Of The Skin.
A. Blotches of deep red, resembling burns, on the backs of hands and dorsa of feet. Similar blotches on nose and forehead, sometimes followed by troublesome ulceration. Popham, 137, 1/49, 635.
These symptoms were observed during an Irish famine, when the peasants of some districts, for lack of other food, consumed large quantities of the above.
 
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