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INFORMAL ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION ON DERMATOLOGIC THERAPEUTICS
Treatment of Dermatitis Venenata with Rhus Toxicodendron.
The President: It has been requested by Dr. Williams that we discuss the treatment of dermatitis venenata with Rhus toxicodendron tincture.Dr. Williams: We are all familiar with the treatment of dermatitis venenata, and all have had excellent results. I think the Rhus toxicodendron preparation made from the ivy is in almost exclusive use in the eastern and middle portion of the country. Mr. Mulford tells me that on the west coast, where there is practically no sumac, and where the prevailing poisonous plant is Rhus diversiloba, the Rhus venenata preparation is used with success. I do not understand why the Rhus venenata antitoxin should work unless the two are identical. Last week a young woman came to my office who had a typical ivy poisoning, with intense itching and great swelling. The woman had been