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dermatological iconography-

Colored photo photographique de l'hôpital Clinique Saint-Louis, A. Hardy y A. Hardy and A. de Montmeja (1868). of Montmeja (1868)

Alfred Louis Philippe Hardy biography:
archderm.ama-assn.org/cgi/reprint/21/1/108.pdf

Impetigo is a skin infection typically caused by one of two bacteria: group A streptococcus (the same bacteria that cause strep throat) or staphylococcus aureus. These fairly common bacteria are found on the skin of healthy people. When the skin is broken — like with a cut or a scratch — they can enter the open wound and cause impetigo. Someone whose skin becomes infected develops blisters that usually burst, ooze fluid, and then harden into a honey-colored crust.
(kidshealth.org)