ERYSIPELAS

(According to etymologists, from the Gr. epvtadai, to spread, and jrtXac, near — spreading over the neighbouring parts; but the derivation is doubtful.) Called also St. Anthony's Fire, that saint having miraculously cured it. This disease usually commences with fever, followed by an eruption of a very red colour, sometimes vesicular, and attended by tumefaction. It com [s. 433]