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A. A. FISHER, M.D.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1941;43(3):444-446.

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The most generally accepted dermatologic theory is that herpes simplex is a virus disease. As Wise and Sulzberger¹ pointed out, "Herpes virus lies latent until an activating or synergistic force decreases local tissue immunity." Some people are immune or carriers of the virus. In one attack, a food or a drug may suffice to act as the synergist, activating the virus to produce the local disease; in another, sunlight; in a third, trauma; in a fourth, a common cold or a sharp rise in temperature; in a fifth and sixth, menses or sexual intercourse.

In a previous communication² I reported the treatment of scars with blistering doses of ultraviolet rays. In attempting this treatment on a patient with depressed scars following acne, I found that even mild erythema doses of ultraviolet rays caused severe herpes simplex to recur in a certain area on the cheek. This herpes was . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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From the Department of Dermatology, Queens General Hospital, Jamaica, N. Y.

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