This Article  • References  • Full text PDF  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in this journal  Social Bookmarking   What's this?

R. B. PALMER, M.D.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1942;46(1):82-86.

	Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 150 words of the full text PDF and any section headings.

Eczematous dermatitis due to contact with opium and its derivatives has been recorded in the foreign literature for many years. Touraine¹ thoroughly reviewed the literature, and Touraine and Scemama² reported a case. Since these reports, I find no reference in the foreign literature.

In the American literature the published reports are few. Heller³ reported a case of eczematous dermatitis from lead and opium lotion and proved that the condition was due to opium. Cummer⁴ reported a case of dermatitis of the eyelids from ethylmorphine hydrochloride, the sensitivity having developed after eleven years' use of the drug. Jordon and Osborne⁵ reported 4 cases of eczematous contact dermatitis from opium and its derivatives and called attention to its occupational aspects. Since the last-mentioned report, I find no references in the American literature.

REPORT OF A CASE

Miss M. P. C., aged 20, white, was seen on Jan. . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
LINCOLN, NEB.

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter     What's this?