When the hairs break off at the opening of the follicle, black dots remain . " Favus " is caused by " T . schoenleinii ", and is endemic in South Africa and the Middle East.
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"' Favid "'( of " favus " Latin for " honeycomb " is a disease usually affecting the scalp, but occurring occasionally on any part of the skin, and even at times on mucous membranes.
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They also have effective antibiotics and treatments for most of the diseases _ trachoma, a contagious eye disease that could cause blindness; typhus; favus, a contagious disease of the scalp and nails; and pneumonia _ that doctors grappled with at Ellis Island.
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In 1892, two additional " species " of the fungus were described by Paul Gerson Unna, the " Favus griseus ", giving rise to greyish-yellow scutula, and the " Favus sulphureus celerior ", causing sulfur-yellow scutula of a rapid growth.
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In 1892, two additional " species " of the fungus were described by Paul Gerson Unna, the " Favus griseus ", giving rise to greyish-yellow scutula, and the " Favus sulphureus celerior ", causing sulfur-yellow scutula of a rapid growth.
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Some species are relatively common in the aquarium trade such as the fire eel ( " M . erythrotaenia " ) and zig-zag eel, ( " M . armatus " ) ( also called the tire track eel although " M . favus " is properly given the common name of tire track eel ).
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Among other situations the text considers harmless are the appearance of dull white spots, white patches of skin without sores, and baldness without sores; The symptoms that the text considers to be indicative of disease include those of the spread of superficial swellings or spots ( where there had previously been a boil ), and those of reddish-white sores in areas of baldness; the former condition is identified by the Bible as " plague ", and scholars regard its symptoms as pointing to a diagnosis of smallpox, while the latter is unidentified in the Biblical text, but considered by scholars to indicate favus.
