Abstract
A dermatitis from the application of oil of citronella is of sufficient rarity, in view of the wide use of this agent as a preventive of mosquito bites, to warrant the report of a case. This is undoubtedly an example of an individual sensitiveness to this substance and there are, without doubt, other persons who react in a similar manner. The essential feature of this particular case was the inflammatory reaction about each follicle of the region to which the oil had been applied. The redness and elevation about each follicle was very noticeable at the periphery of the areas, while the central parts, with their closely aggregated follicular elevations, were very rough. The commercial oil of citronella is distilled from a volatile oil yielded by the root, leaves, and especially the spikelets of a grass( Andropogon nardus ). This wild grass is mainly tropical, a native of India and Ceylon,
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