Dermatologists

If a pediatrician will pay some attention to eczema he can treat it quite well, and will not often need to send these patients to a dermatologist. Let him first be sure, however, that he is dealing with eczema, and not with some less common skin disease of which he probably knows nothing, such as lichen planus, psoriasis, or dermatitis herpetiformis. If there is any suspicion in his mind that such may be the case, let him send the patient to a dermatologist and save himself much embarrassment. I often do this, and am usually glad I did; some of the more uncommon skin diseases are far beyond the diag­nostic and therapeutic ability of pedi­atricians or allergists.