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I. SALICYLIC AND BENZOIC ACIDS

ADRIAN G. GOULD, M.D.; EDNA K. CARTER, R.N.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1930;22(2):225-231.

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Undoubtedly the most common sites of dermatophytosis in adolescents and adults are the feet and the toes, where the lesions appear on the plantar and dorsal surfaces, interdigitally and in the nail substance. At least three types of lesions have been recognized in these localities: the dry, scaly, eczematoid type, which in acute exacerbations becomes moist and erythematous (possibly because of secondary bacterial invasion); the sodden macerated "soft-corn" type with cracking of the skin, and the acute vesicular type with hyperkeratosis. Hulsey and Jordan¹ found a clinical incidence for ringworm of the toes of 67 per cent and a microscopic incidence of 49 per cent in a group of 100 students. Weidman² stated "... there is always an abundance of toe ringworm material available...." Sharp and Taylor³ indicated the prevalence of interdigital ringworm in the South, Canada and Texas and at the University of Chicago.

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Author Affiliations
Assistant Medical Adviser and Assistant Professor of Hygiene, Cornell University; Assistant, Medical Advisers' Offices, Cornell University ITHACA, N. Y.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication, Dec. 30, 1929.

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