JOURNAL OF CUTANEOUS AND VENEREAL DISEASESVOL. I.OCTOBER, 1882.NO. 1.
A century ago John Hunter divided all skin diseases into three classes: one of which is cured by mercury and the iodides, a second by sulphur, and a third class which the devil himself can't cure. Dr. L. P. Yandell, who quotes Hunter as above, is given credit for a much less complex classification than even this. He attributes all skin eruptions to malaria. Quinine is a specific for malaria—ergo, quinine is the remedy for all skin eruptions.— Mich. Med. News.