Ringworm
an eruptive disease of the skin, more particularly on the head, and of which there are several kinds.
The most common kind commences with clusters of small light yellow pustules which soon break and form thin scabs which, if neglected, become thick and hard by accumulation. When removed, they appear again in a few days; and by these repetitions the incrustations become thicker and the area of the patches extends, so as, if unchecked, to affect the whole head, and extend also to the forehead and neck. The patches are of an irregular circular form. This disease occurs generally in children of three or four years and upward. It is said to occur spontaneously in children ill-fed and uncleanly. The principal local treatment, when the patches are in an inflame flamed and irritable condition, consists in regular washing or or sponging with warm water or some emollient fomentation.