MANUAL EPILATION IN TREATMENT OF TINEA CAPITIS

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Abstract
SINCE manual epilation has played such an important role in the treatment of tinea capitis throughout the ages, and is still recommended by most authorities as an adjunct to the newer drug therapies and fungicides, and even as an indispensable adjunct to curative roentgen epilation, a more precise evaluation of its exact therapeutic significance might lead to progress in the management of tinea capitis, most particularly in the control of epidemics of this disease. A study, therefore, was made of the results of treatment in three groups of cases; in one, serving as the control group, local application of a fungicidal ointment was the only therapy used, and in two this local therapy was supplemented by manual epilation of shorter and longer duration. The results obtained will be described in detail, as a preliminary step toward the demonstration of the actual part played by manual epilation, per se

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