CREEPING ERUPTION: REPORT OF FIRST CASE FROM MANITOBA

Creeping eruption is a skin disease characterized by the presence of a thin, red, papular or vesicular line of eruption, which extends from one end day by day while fading at the other. It was first described in England by Lee1in 1874, and in 1921 Tamura2found forty-three reports in the literature, recording the finding of the causative organism in only six instances. Since then, some forty odd further reports have appeared with a further record of finding the organism presumably responsible in seven instances. As many of these cases are likely to come under the observation of country practitioners in the first instance, especially in northern latitudes, it would seem desirable to draw their attention to the principal features of the disease, to what little is known of the causative organisms, and to encourage the accurate observation and reporting of cases when they are seen. There