SKIN DISEASE IN AFRICA.

This article presents information on the paper "Skin Diseases in Africa," by S. Rothman that was published in a 1962 issue of the periodical "Archives of Dermatology." This is a most readable account of the author's trip to Africa and is full of fascinating observations, for example, basal-cell carcinomata are practically non-existent in the Bantu population except in Bantu albinos who almost all suffer from highly destructive lesions. Kaposi's sarcoma is very common in the Bantu and the lesion as seen in this race is identical with those reported elsewhere except that it commonly occurs in Bantu children, and here the process is characterized by massive involvement of lymph nodes preceding the appearance of skin lesions.