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Arch Dermatol. 2006;142:970.

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THE JOURNAL OF CUTANEOUS DISEASES
VOL. XXIV
August, 1906.
NO. 8

By ARTHUR VAN HARLINGEN, M.D.

Read before the Twenty-ninth Annual Meeting of the American Dermatological Association, New York, December 28, 29, 30, 1905.

THE excellent results obtained in most forms of epithelioma of the skin by the use of X-rays, does not exclude the employment of older forms of treatment in cases where the latter give a more rapid and satisfactory result, or where circumstances render the use of the X-rays inconvenient.

I have therefore thought it might be of advantage to put upon record the results which I have obtained in a certain number of cases of epithelioma of the skin, chiefly by the use of caustic potash.

Caustics have been employed from the most ancient times in the treatment of malignant growths, and though their number is great, there . . . [Full Text of this Article]