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LEONARD SIMPSON MARKSON, M.D.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1942;46(6):831-832.

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Brazil nuts were mentioned by Schwartz and Tulipan¹ as a possible cause of dermatitis, although no specific reference was cited. In a personal communication, Dr. Schwartz stated that there have been no reports in the literature of dermatitis produced by contact with the brazil nut or its oil.

I am therefore reporting 8 cases of dermatitis of the dorsa of the hands and arms following extensive handling of the brazil nut and its oil in women employed in a candy factory, where brazil nut candy bars are manufactured in the following way:

A fork is placed in the center of a cylindric core of fudge. This is in turn dipped or rolled into caramel candy which is warm and adheres to the fudge center. After the caramel has been applied, the bar is passed on a moving belt to a woman who picks it up, takes handfuls of chopped brazil nuts from large flat pans and presses the nuts on to the . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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