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affections as the famous spas of Bareges, Aixla-Chapelle and Alx-les-Bains, onHhe continent. Lisdoonvarna is about 160 miles from Dublin, situated nearly six hundred feet above the setf* level and only 3 miles from the Sea-coast. The climate is moist and mild ; the air blowing from the Atlantic Over three miles of intervening mountains is genial and bracing, very free from organic matter and ab...

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Why do some colors look special? Color vision is our ability to distinguish the spectral characteristics of light. Wavelength varies continuously, yet we perceive spectra in terms of a small number of dimensions anchored by salient landmarks. These dimensions define a color space, within which colors appear to vary in hue (direction) or saturation (distance) relative to a neutral gray (Figure 1...

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a hyperactivity and hypertrophy of the sebaceous glands. In the condition known as seborrhceic dermatitis, however, the study of the histopathology leads Brimacombe to assert that there is a diminution of activity and sometimes an atrophy of the sebaceous glands, with an increase in size and function of the coil glands, the secretion being mainly sudoriparous. This is compensatory for the loss ...

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An increasing number of patients with antibiotic-resistant propionibacteria have been described. Extensive sunbathing, even after sunscreen application, may facilitate development of skin cancers by suppressing natural immunity to these atypical growths.