Path. [mod. L., supposed to be a corruption of Gr. ἀκμή point.] (See quotations.)
1835. Hoblyn, Dict. of Med. Terms, 3. Acne, tubercular tumours slowly suppurating, chiefly occurring in the face.
1853. Mayne, Acne … also called Rosy-drop.
1876. Duhring, Dis. Skin., 257. Acne is an inflammatory, usually chronic disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by the formation either of papules, tubercles, or pustules, or a combination of these lesions, occurring for the most part about the face.
1898. H. Ellen Browning, Beauty Culture, 139. No tonic or astringent remedy should ever be applied to a face that is full of acne or blackheads, because it only tightens the pores and renders it more difficult to get rid of them.
