Excerpt from On Diseases of the Skin: A System of Cutaneous Medicine The skin, in its physiological and pathological relations to the general system, no less than in its individual structural derangements and morbid phenomena, must be regarded as an organ capable of exerting a considerable influence over the well-being of the animal economy and worthy of our closest and most earnest investigation and study. Its physiological relations are manifested in its sensibility and secreting capacity, its pathological relations in its sympathies and nutritive attributes; while its morbid phenomena are replete with signification and interest. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.