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COMPARISON OF EFFECTS OF SOAPS AND SYNTHETIC DETERGENTS ON HANDS OF HOUSEWIVES: Clinical Method

COMPARISON OF EFFECTS OF SOAPS AND SYNTHETIC DETERGENTS ON HANDS OF HOUSEWIVES: Clinical Method Abstract THE EFFECT of household washing products on the skin is a subject of importance and concern not only to the housewife but to the physician and the manufacturer as well. In recent years there has been in this country a decided trend toward the synthetic detergent products for household use. The amount used has increased from less than 1 lb. (0.5 kg.) per person, in 1942, to almost 10 lb. (4.5 kg.) per person, in 1951.1 Almost two-thirds of the package household washing products sold today are synthetic detergents. This great increase in the use of synthetic detergents since World War II has been due largely to the introduction of all-purpose synthetic detergents. The all-purpose synthetic products are analogous to the all-purpose soaps, in that they contain certain builders, mostly inorganic phosphates, in addition to the active synthetic detergent to make them clean better. Because of References 1. Disappearance of Soap and Synthetic Detergents , The Fats and Oils Situation , Bureau of Agricultural Economics, U. S. Department of Agriculture, (May) -June, 1951. 2. Snell, F. D.: Synthetic Detergents , Chem. & Engineering News 30:30 ( (Jan. 7) ) 1952. 3. Kooyman, D. J., and Snyder, F. H.: Tests for the Mildness of Soaps , Arch. Dermat. & Syph. 46:846-855 ( (Dec.) ) 1942. 4. Eleven dermatologists practicing in the United States or Canada have collaborated in one or more of these tests. 5. Goldman, L., and Younker, W.: Studies in Microscopy of the Surface of the Skin: Preliminary Report of Technics , J. Invest. Dermat. 9:11-16 ( (July) ) 1947. 6. Sulzberger, M. B., and Baer, R. L.: Unusual or Abnormal Effects of Soap on the "Normal Skin," in Medical Uses of Soap: A Symposium , edited by M. Fishbein, Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott Company, 1945, p. 56. 7. Gaul, L. E., and Underwood, G. B.: Relation of Dew Point and Barometric Pressure to Chapping of Normal Skin , J. Invest. Dermat. 19:9-19 ( (July) ) 1952. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png A.M.A. Archives of Dermatology & Syphilology American Medical Association

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Abstract THE EFFECT of household washing products on the skin is a subject of importance and concern not only to the housewife but to the physician and the manufacturer as well. In recent years there has been in this country a decided trend toward the synthetic detergent products for household use. The amount used has increased from less than 1 lb. (0.5 kg.) per person, in 1942, to almost 10 lb. (4.5 kg.) per person, in 1951.1 Almost two-thirds of the package household washing products sold today are synthetic detergents. This great increase in the use of synthetic detergents since World War II has been due largely to the introduction of all-purpose synthetic detergents. The all-purpose synthetic products are analogous to the all-purpose soaps, in that they contain certain builders, mostly inorganic phosphates, in addition to the active synthetic detergent to make them clean better. Because of References 1. Disappearance of Soap and Synthetic Detergents , The Fats and Oils Situation , Bureau of Agricultural Economics, U. S. Department of Agriculture, (May) -June, 1951. 2. Snell, F. D.: Synthetic Detergents , Chem. & Engineering News 30:30 ( (Jan. 7) ) 1952. 3. Kooyman, D. J., and Snyder, F. H.: Tests for the Mildness of Soaps , Arch. Dermat. & Syph. 46:846-855 ( (Dec.) ) 1942. 4. Eleven dermatologists practicing in the United States or Canada have collaborated in one or more of these tests. 5. Goldman, L., and Younker, W.: Studies in Microscopy of the Surface of the Skin: Preliminary Report of Technics , J. Invest. Dermat. 9:11-16 ( (July) ) 1947. 6. Sulzberger, M. B., and Baer, R. L.: Unusual or Abnormal Effects of Soap on the "Normal Skin," in Medical Uses of Soap: A Symposium , edited by M. Fishbein, Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott Company, 1945, p. 56. 7. Gaul, L. E., and Underwood, G. B.: Relation of Dew Point and Barometric Pressure to Chapping of Normal Skin , J. Invest. Dermat. 19:9-19 ( (July) ) 1952.

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Published: Dec 1, 1953

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