1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
ERYSIPELAS (a Greek word, probably derived from IpvOptx, red, and TtXXa, skin) — synonyms, the Rose, Si Anthony's Fire — an acute contagious disease, characterized by a special inflammation of the skin, caused by a streptococcus. Erysipelas is endemic in most countries, and epidemic at certain seasons, particularly the spring of the year. The poison is not very virulent, but it certainly can be conveyed by bedding and the clothes of a third person. Two varieties are occasionally described, a traumatic and an idiopa…
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