Lesions on the Body

Filed under: 2.1 - Seborrheic Dermatitis

Lesions on the Body.-For lesions on the body, crude coal tar paste, am-moniated mercury, salicylic acid and sulfur, Pragmatar, or Vioform oint­ments are excellent.

*(1)  Crude  coal  tar  3 i Zinc oxide 3 ii Starch 3 iv Petroleum jelly ad % ii

(2)  Ammoniated mercury ointment U.S.P. 3%

(3) Ac.   salicylic,

Precipitated sulfur aa gr. xx Petroleum jelly § ii

(4) Pragmatar  ointment

(5) Vioform 2% in petroleum jelly or in Lassar’s paste, or Vioform cream 3%t

Feeding.-The diet is important. The milk formula should be low in fat and sugar, and high in casein, about as follows:

Pour off the top 4 oz. from a quart of milk and use it for something else. The formula is

28 oz. milk 6 oz.  water 2 level tablespoonfuls of Karo  syrup  or

Dextri-Maltosei 4 level tablespoonfuls of  Casec.t

Cook in a double boiler for !/2 hour to make a smooth gruel and add enough water to replace what has boiled away.

Soybean foods, which are used now by so many pediatricians for prac­tically every baby who has any skin rash whatsoever, are not indicated.

It is probably a good plan to give multiple vitamin B₁₂§ drops, and finely ground liver. I am not sure whether or not these really do any good but they can do no harm, and have been highly recommended by some.

The results of treatment in sebor-rheic dermatitis, provided there is no allergy along with it, are usually very satisfactory.

*For other tar ointments, see section on atopic dermatitis.

t Ciba Pharmaceutical Products, Inc., Sum­mit, N. J.

J Mead Johnson & Company, Evansville, Ind.

§ Multi-Beta B_K drops, White Laboratories, Kenilworth, N. J.

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