Impetigo

(-pe-ti'go.) [From L.impetire, to infest.] (Med.) A disease of the skin which consists of crops of pustules, which may either be scattered or collected in groups. These pustules burst, dry up, and become covered with scabs or crusts ofa yellow color, not unlike little ma es of candied honey. From beneath these crusts, a purulent discharge commonly takes place; the crusts become thicker and larger, and the skin around and beneath them is red and raw. Cleanline , cooling ointments, and mild aperients, are recommended by way of cure. [s. 479]