The papular variety

In the papular variety an area of congestion becomes the seat of small scattered or aggregated papules, with little if any tendency to exudation, unless the papules be wounded by scratching. In this case a small quantity of lymph may exude and dry into a minute scale or lamina.

The papules after a time subside and the surface becomes somewhat glossy and scaly, but not to the extent met with in the varieties already described. The arms and forearms, and the thighs and legs, especially the flexor aspects, are the favorite seats of papular eczema, although it is sometimes met with on the face.