Hydrocortisone Ointment Bases

Some Dermatological Hazards of To-day

“…This finding conforms with the commonly held view that factitious urticaria is often psychogenic, an assumption which has been criticized, and I believe very rightly, by Rothman and Walker (1950). In this connexion the observations of Kalz and Prichard (1952) are of the greatest interest. They examined the cutaneous vascular response to stroking the skin before and after the administration of penicillin.…”

Thermosterilized Acriflavine Emulsion Ointment

“…This is in accordance with the prevailing concepts that some antiseptic ointments are more effective in water-miscible bases having a high water content (5). However, starch glycerite is apt to deteriorate rapidly; furthermore, water-miscible bases devoid of an oily phase are considered to be drying and not applicable to both dry thin and thick fatty skins (6). Eventually, a stable watermiscible emulsion base of high water content appears to be the formulation of choice for an acriflavine ointment.…”

“…1954 (22) which is a w/o emulsion containing only 0.1% proflavine did not inhibit the growth of any of the test organisms. 6 The thixotropy of bases 111 and IV is less pronounced and appears only at the lowest r. p . .…”