Untersuchungen über die Pharmakologie und Pharmakodynamik von Salben und salbeninkorporierten Medikamenten

The Absorption of Sulfur Compounds from Externally Deposited Polythionates by the Skin of the Rat**Research Laboratories of Carroll Dunham Smith Pharmacal Company, New Brunswick, N. J.

“…Several papers have been published dealing with the penetration of sulfur (in various vehicles) through the intact skin (16)(17)(18)(19)(20). Moncorps (16), in 1928, observed an increase in the sulfur content of the urine twelve hours after the application of a 10 per cent precipitated sulfur ointment on the skin.…”