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Philippine Itch

Scabies There are various names in vogue such as prairie itch, swamp itch, lumberman's itch, elephant itch, Ohio scratches, Texas mange, and, now, Cuban itch and Philippine itch, which are used to denominate all sorts of itching dermatoses from winter pruritus to scabies and smallpox None of these terms has any exact meaning They are most frequently applied to scabies, but frequently also to other itching dermatoses, like dermitis hiemalis

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