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NEW SYNTHETIC CHEMICALS OF USE IN FINER AND MORE EFFICIENT TOPICAL DERMATOLOGIC THERAPY

WERNER W. DUEMLING, M.D.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1941;43(2):264-280.

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Studies of the permeability and absorptivity of the skin have engaged the interest of dermatologists from time to time, because since ancient days the management of most cutaneous diseases has been dependent in a large part on local and topical treatment. According to Eller and Wolff,¹ these studies have established that:

1. Medicaments applied to the unbroken skin may be absorbed into the blood stream.
   
2. The rate of absorption may be influenced by the vehicle as well as by the drug it contains.
   
3. Volatile substances such as alcohol, ether and benzine are vehicles with a much higher rate of absorption than fats.
   

Author Affiliations
FORT WAYNE, IND.

Footnotes
Read at the Sixty-Third Annual Meeting of the American Dermatological Association, Inc., Colorado Springs, Colo., June 1, 1940.

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