Excerpt from On Some Diseases of the Skin: Which Are Produced by Derangements of the Nervous System Were the nature of nervous affections of the skin and its appendages more clearly understood, we should undoubtedly find less difficulty in applying to them methods of treatment more decisive, and more certainly curative. Modern investigation, indeed, has conclusively proved that a large proportion of skin diseases is due to an exalted or depressed condition of the nerves which govern circulation, secretion, and nutri tion; and at the present time it is admitted, that defective treatment is often due to a want of knowledge of the important part played by the nutritive nerves, in these almost universal and troublesome complaints. 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.