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M. R. LICHTENSTEIN, M.D.; A. W. STILLIANS, M.D.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1942;45(5):959-962.

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The dermatologist in attendance in a sanatorium for tuberculosis sees little tuberculosis of the skin. His chief occupation is caring for such cutaneous diseases as acne and seborrheic conditions of the scalp. These often seem to loom as large in the patient's eyes as their pulmonary affliction. During past years we have been impressed by the large percentage of patients with acne who have given a history of a decided exacerbation in the cutaneous disease a few months after entering the institution. Our only explanation of this fact is that they are kept on a fattening diet.

In treating acne in these patients we have been constrained to say nothing of dietary restriction and we often cannot ask them to use vigorous local measures because of their physical weakness.

Hoping that the treatment of acne by injection of boiled liver extract, as advocated by Marshall,¹ might benefit our patients doubly . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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From the City of Chicago Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium.

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