The use of ichthyol in the treatment of skin diseases / by Joseph Zeisler.

  • Zeisler, Joseph.
Date:
1886
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    [Reprint from the Chicago Medical Journal and Examiner for December 1886.] THE USE OF ICHTHYOL IN THE Treatment of Skin Diseases. By JOSEPH ZEISLER, M.D. [Read before the Chicago Medical Society, November 15, 1886.] Only a few years ago ichthyol was introduced into derma- tological practice by that industrious worker Unna, in Ham- burg, to whom we owe so many other practical contributions. The question of its merits was discussed by a number of writers, some praising it enthusiastically, others attributing very little value to it. As to my own experience, the results obtained by me in using this drug for nearly one and a half years were so favorable that I deem it my duty to give an ac- count of the same, and in so doing contribute toward a better knowledge of that valuable remedy. It is not the object of this paper to enter into a discussion of the chemical proper- ties of ichthyol, or, as it is properly called, sulpho-ichthyolate of ammonia. Nor shall I dwell at length on its physiological action upon the normal and diseased skin; this was done in a very extensive manner in Unna's last paper on the subject*, an abstract of which appeared in the Journal of Cutaneous and Venereal Diseases of September last. To anyone who is specially interested in the subject, a careful perusal of the * Ichthyol and Resorcin. Leipzig and Hamburg, 1886.