The theory on the mechanism of itching in itching skin lesions has bee advanced by Rothman, as follows: Rothman states in his text book of "Physiology and Biochemistry of the Skin" (1954, p. 14O) under the heading "Itching in the Pathological States" and in a paper published in Physiological Review (1941) that at the itching skin lesions, such as urticarial wheals,
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