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Consists of patches of baldness without decay or change of colour in the surrounding hair, the exposed parts of the scalp being glabrous, white, and shining. The morbid condition sometimes spreads, so that the patches coalesce, rendering the baldness extensive. To a vegetable growth, found at the roots of the hair in Tinea tondens, Gruby gives the name Micros' poron Audoui'ni. It is, also, called Tricoph'yton seu Trichom'yces tonsu'rans. The treatment consists in keeping the scalp cleared by constant shaving, and in the steady application of some stimulating liniment or ointment.