Physiological & therapeutical absorption by the human skin / by S. Coull Mackenzie.

  • Mackenzie, S. Coull (Stephen Coull)
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[©1863?]
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Credit: Physiological & therapeutical absorption by the human skin / by S. Coull Mackenzie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PHYSIOLOGICAL & THERAPEUTICAL. ABSORPTION BY THE HUMAN SKIN. BY S. COULL MACKENZIE, m.d., HOUSE SUBGBON, MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL, CALCUTTA. Absorption by the Human Skin is a subject of consider- able importance, whether we regard it from a physiological or a therapeutical point of view; ' yet those writers who treat of it are not agreed among themselves as to whether the human skin does really absorb or not. On the affirmative side we find the following:— Before the close of last century Abernethy and Palkner performed a series of experiments, the results of which led them to the conclusion, that substances in solution were absorbed by the skin, i Dr. Wm. Wood discusses the subject at length, and arrives at the same conclusion. 2 Bracounot states as the result of his observations that, after baths the urine was always increased in quantity, and that whether the water of the bath had been alkaline or acid, the urine 1. Ourrie's Medical Reports, p. 205. Liverpool, 1798. 2. Chapter on Absoiption, in his Esswy on the Structure and Functions of the Skin. Edinburgh, 1832. a