Dracoderma Skin

Dracoderma Skin (, Ryūhi-byō Kanja no Hifu—lit. "Skin of Patient with Eczema [or 'Dragon Skin Disease']") is the skin of a patient afflicted by a disease that leads to the development of lizard-like skin. It is one of the prerequisited items for qualification to become a Nostrade Family bodyguard.

Yorknew City arc
The Dracoderma Skin is retrieved and delivered by Melody, thereby qualifying her for the Nostrade Family bodyguard position.

Trivia

 * The name of the item does not appear concisely in neither in the manga nor in the 2011 anime adaptation, instead a description is used: "Skin from a patient with Dracoderma" in the Viz translation of the manga and "An ichthyosis patient's scaly skin" or "The scaly skin of an ichthyosis patient" in Crunchyroll's version/translation.

Anime and Manga Differences

 * The Dracoderma Skin does not appear or is mentioned in the 1999 anime adaptation, instead Melody presents a piece of General Sharman's brain tissue in order to become a Nostrade bodyguard.

Intertextuality and References

 * "Dracoderma" (龍皮病, meaning "Dragon Skin Disease") is very likely based on a real-life disease, the ichthyosis (as it is called in the anime)—a family of rare genetic skin disorders characterized by dry, thickened, scaly skin.