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A STUDY OF VARIOUS COMBINATIONS BY PATCH TESTS

HOWARD J. PARKHURST, M.D.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1941;43(2):299-310.

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A complete factory for the manufacture of soap, about 1,700 years old, was discovered in the excavations at Pompeii. The Romans had learned the art of soap making from the Gauls, who may have gotten it from the Phoenicians.¹ For centuries soaps were crude and costly, and perfumes were more generally used, but now the soap industry has developed to such a point that a number of excellent toilet soaps are available even to those in the poorest circumstances. The value of soap and water in personal hygiene, as an aid in preventing the spread of disease and in the treatment of various cutaneous disorders, need scarcely be mentioned. The surgeon relies on soap and running water to help free his hands of bacteria before he operates, and many investigators have testified to its efficiency.² In 1920 Norton³ reached the conclusion that ordinary toilet soaps are at . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
TOLEDO, OHIO

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

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