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St. Anthony's fire; a febrile disease accompanied with a diffused inflammation of the skin, which, starting usually from a single point, spreads gradually over its surface. It is usually regarded as contagious, and often occurs epidemically.

St. Anthony's fire; a febrile disease accompanied with a diffused inflammation of the skin, which, starting usually from a single point, spreads gradually over its surface. It is usually regarded as contagious, and often occurs epidemically.

An acute infection of the skin caused by species of STREPTOCOCCUS. This disease most frequently affects infants, young children, and the elderly. Characteristics include pink-to-red lesions that spread rapidly and are warm to the touch. The commonest site of involvement is the face.

Inflammatory skin disease with fever. It is infectious.

An inflammatory disease, generally in the face, marked by a bright redness of the skin.

An acute inflammation of the skin.

An inflammatory disease of the skin.

A disease, no called because it generally extends gradually to the neighbouring parts. Superficial inflammation of the skin, with general fever, tension and swelling of the part; pain and heat more or less acrid; redness diffused, but more or less circumscribed, and disappearing when pressed upon by the finger, but returning as soon as the pressure is removed. Frequently, small vesicles appear upon the inflamed part, which dry up and fall off, under the form of branny scales. Erysipelas is, generally, an acute affection: its medium du­ration being from 10 to 14 days. It yields, commonly, to general refrigerant remedies. Topical applications are rarely serviceable. At times, when the disease approaches the phlegmonous character, copious bleeding and other evacuants may be required, as in many cases of erysipelas of the face; but this is not commonly necessary. In most cases, indeed, the general action seems deficient, and it becomes necessary to give tonics. When erysipelas is of a highly inflammatory character, and invades the parts beneath, it is termed Erysipelas phlegmonodes, (F.); when accompanied with phlyetenae, and the inflammation terminates in gangrene, Erysipelas gangreneanm, (F.); and when associated with infiltration of serum, Erysipelas oedamatosum, (F.).

A febrile disease characterized by inflammation and redness of skin, mucous membranes, etc.

An acute specific infection of the lymphatic spaces of the corium and the subcutaneous tissues and sometimes of the mucous membranes, characterized by the formation of red, swollen areas, that tend to spread out at the periphery and have no tendency to the formation of pus, to ulceration, or to gangrene, and end in spontaneous resolution without scarring. It is caused by the Streptococcus erysipelatis, which enters the tissues through an abrasion. The disease is attended by the constitutional disturbances of an acute febrile affection, the elevation of temperature preceding the appearance of the lesions in the skin and subsiding when the process is checked, generally from the fifth to the tenth day. When the disease runs a mild course, it is known as erythematous e., and when this mild form spreads widely, it is called e. migrans. The disease was formerly known as St. Anthony's lire. [Gr.]

n. [Greek] St. Anthony’s fire; the rose;—a febrile disease accompanied with a diffused inflammation of the skin, especially that on the face.

An eruption of a hot acrid humour.