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IV. EFFECT OF DRUGS AND HORMONES

THEODORE CORNBLEET, M.D.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1933;27(5):756-758.

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In a previous communication,¹ it was shown that the ingestion of carbohydrates had a pronounced effect on the activity of micro-organisms on the skin. Because of this it was felt that the exhibition of agents which alter the blood sugar content might help toward rationalizing the observed relation between carbohydrate ingestion and the self-sterilizing process of the skin. A number of such substances were used, and, for comparison, other agents which do not alter the level of the blood sugar were also tried.

METHOD

The principle of the previous methods for determining the inactivation of organisms remained the same. In order to do away with certain apparent objections one new procedure was inaugurated. Previously an area was swabbed with a thin emulsion of organisms. At intervals of ten minutes, succeeding fourths of this area were swabbed with a cotton applicator moistened with distilled water. Then the organisms . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
CHICAGO

Footnotes
From the Department of Dermatology, University of Illinois College of Medicine, service of Dr. F. E. Senear.

Supported by a grant from the Committee on Scientific Research of the American Medical Association.

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