The Virus of Pemphigus and Dermatitis Herpetiformis

Treatment of Some Bullous Eruptions with Aureomycin and Chloramphenicol

“…The nature and cause of pemphigus vulgaris is still unknown, and the identification of a virus by Urbach and Wolfram (1936) still awaits adequate confirmation. Spontaneous remissions are a feature of the disease, and it may be that the effect of aureomycin has been only to suppress the eruption until a remission occurs.…”