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ROBERT R. McNARY, Ph.D.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1943;48(2):173-175.

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Certain investigations that were being undertaken in this laboratory required the development of an apparatus by which vapors could be applied to the skin in a uniform and reproducible manner. None of those previously employed for this purpose or described by others appeared to be satisfactory. Thus Machle and Zwick¹ were interested only in qualitative reactions to gasoline fractions. Their procedure was to fill a series of test tubes about half full with different fractions of the gasoline. These tubes were lined up in a rack, and the forearm of the patient was laid on the open mouths of the test tubes. Miescher² used small glass cylinders the bottoms of which fitted into openings in a sheet of celluloid. The top of each tube was closed with a stopper, and just below the stopper was placed a cotton wad which was moistened with drops of the irritating . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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From the Kettering Laboratory of Applied Physiology, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati.

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