TY  - JOUR
T1  - BErlin
Y1  - 1929/06/08
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1929.02700490080022
JO  - Journal of the American Medical Association
SP  - 1980
EP  - 1981
VL  - 92
IS  - 23
N2  - Meeting of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kinderheilkunde 
    At the meeting of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kinderheilkunde, which was held under the chairmanship of Professor Noeggerath of Freiburg, the first main topic on the program was: "The Pathology and Treatment of Eczema and Related Cutaneous Diseases in Children." Von Gröer of Lemberg discussed "The Skin of Children as an Organ of Reaction." The skin of man possesses a perceptive and a digestive character. Local dermoreactions, teledynamic actions and excretory activity in response to exogenic and endogenic stimuli characterize its function. The local dermoreactions are determined more by the degree than by the quality of the stimulus. The pigmentary reaction occupies a midway position between the functional and the inflammatory reaction. Wheal formation as a functional reaction constitutes a form of protection and is based on a local change of reaction that presents two phases. The inflammation brings about a functionally changed
SN  - 0002-9955
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1929.02700490080022
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1929.02700490080022
ER  -