Abstract
A great variety of substances entering into the manufacture of cosmetics have caused allergic reactions in hypersensitive persons. The essential oils, perfumes and orris root are the most frequent offenders. Soaps containing these constituents and even pure high grade soaps may cause dermatitis. Jordan, Dolce and Osborne<sup>1</sup>stated that eczematous dermatitis of the hands of housewives is one of the commonest and most refractory diseases for which dermatologists are consulted. They found 239 persons during a four year period in whom soap caused dermatitis on the hands, with and without involvement of other parts of the body. We have observed that in patch tests with medicated soap 15 per cent of the controls were allergic to a pure white soap. Vaughan<sup>2</sup>observed in routine patch tests with soap solutions that 5 to 10 per cent of persons tested reacted to one or another of the common brands, though
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