...of the body, measuring in some places not more than 2irota °^ an inch, and in others as much as ^th of an inch. It is thickest in the palms of the hands and soles of the feet, where the skin is most exposed to abrasion and pressure, but it forms a protective covering over every part of the true...

...a hacking cough, pain in the chest and abdomen, and a swelling of the axillary and inguinal glands. In the palms of the hands and soles of the feet, where the skin was too thick to stretch and be elevated, the pustules were represented by black, immature vesicles...

...lucidum This is a clear layer formed by three or four rows of clear, flat, dead cells and is found only in the palms of the hands and soles of the feet where it acts to resist friction. Stratum granulosum This is a layer of two or three rows of cells which...

...a hacking cough, pain in the chest and abdomen, and a swelling of the axillary and inguinal glands. In the palms of the hands and soles of the feet, where the skin was too thick to stretch and be elevated, the pustules were represented by black, immature vesicles...

...or scaly lesions, on the contrary, are found where there are no hair follicles, so we look for them in the palms of the hands and soles of the feet, where they are very characteristic of the later secondary stage of the disease, and where they are very persistent...