Excerpt from Leucoplakia Buccalis Et Lingualis, or Ichthyosis Linguæ: Successful Treatment With the Galvano-CauteryThe disease is very _rare, but its frequency can not be accurately determined, on account of the diversity of opinion which has been entertained by different writers with reference to its aetiology and diagnosis - a diversity which has caused, many cases to be placed in this class which do not properly belong in it. Professor Schwimmer saw only twenty examples out of five thousand cases of diseases of the skin and syphilis, and many others have not seen so large a proportion as this, but doubtless many cases are not recognized, and pass for constitutional syphilis.Most of the cases have been reported from Germany, France, and England, but some have been recorded in this country. So far the records show that the disease seldom affects any excepting males over forty years of age, though it has been observed as early as the thirty-second year, and a very few examples have been seen in women.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.