THE TREATMENT OF INFANTILE ECZEMA

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Abstract
Although attempts at differentiation and classification of disease processes are of value, ininfantile eczema these are difficult and, in fact, almost impossible because one type merges into another and because several conditions may be present at the same time. One is tempted to agree with Moro that "Ekzem ist was, aussieht wie ein Ekzem" (Eczema is what looks like eczema). The longer one deals with infantile eczemas, the more one concludes that classifications have restricted values and that differentiation is possible only after prolonged observation of the course of the eruption and its response to therapy. The great impetus given to the study of eczema came with the introduction of the concept of allergy and the subsequent demonstration that some of these conditions depended on a specific sensitization mechanism. It has been in the infantile eczemas that the best results have been attained by the cooperation of the pediatrician, the

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