Contact Dermatitis From "Horn-Rimmed" Spectacles

Berkoff, Harry S.

doi:10.1001/archderm.1938.01480170070007

“…report only one skin test with tricresylphosphate, a widely used plasticizer (non-volatile solvent) for nitrocellulose and some resins. This gave a negative result, but it is perhaps worth recalling that Berkoff (1938) believed this substance to be the probable cause of a sensitization dermatitis related to the wearing for ten days of spectacle frames of synthetic resin plasticized with tricresylphosphate. Hutner (1941) states that tricresylphosphate is a violent poison if ingested.-I am, etc., Pathology Department, The University, Glasgow, A. C. LENDRUM.…”

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Plea for Sternal Puncture

Logan¹

1942

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“…report only one skin test with tricresylphosphate, a widely used plasticizer (non-volatile solvent) for nitrocellulose and some resins. This gave a negative result, but it is perhaps worth recalling thatBerkoff (1938) believed this substance to be the probable cause of a sensitization dermatitis related to the wearing for ten days of spectacle frames of synthetic resin plasticized with tricresylphosphate.…”

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Iodine Ointment for Epidermophytosis

Barber¹

1942

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“…report only one skin test with tricresylphosphate, a widely used plasticizer (non-volatile solvent) for nitrocellulose and some resins. This gave a negative result, but it is perhaps worth recalling that Berkoff (1938) believed this substance to be the probable cause of a sensitization dermatitis related to the wearing for ten days of spectacle frames of synthetic resin plasticized with tricresylphosphate. Hutner (1941) states that tricresylphosphate is a violent poison if ingested.-I am, etc.,…”

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