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GEORGE E. BURCH, M.D.; TRAVIS WINSOR, M.D.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1946;53(1):39-41.

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Since the observations of Erismann¹ in 1875 on the rate of diffusion of water through the skin of breasts and palms, studies of diffusion through dead human skin have been neglected and the rate of diffusion through toe nails has not been studied. In the study of insensible loss of water through the body and especially through the skin, it is important to know the relative ratio of water loss by diffusion through the skin of various portions of the body and nails.

MATERIALS AND METHODS

The rate of diffusion was measured for dead skin collected from bodies within a few hours (one to twenty-four, usually three to four) after death. Only healthy-looking skin of well nourished nonedematous bodies was used. The skins were collected from the following areas of separate bodies: epigastrium of 9 different bodies, axillas of 5, plantar surfaces of 10, palms of 3, . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
NEW ORLEANS

From the Department of Medicine, Tulane University Medical School and Charity Hospital.

Aided by a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation and the Helis Institute for Medical Research.

Footnotes
This is the seventh report from this Laboratory on Tropical Physiology.

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