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LUDWIG von SALLMANN, M.D.; ANNE E. GROSSO, Ph.C.; MARY GLYDE MARSH, B.A.

Arch Ophthal. 1946;36(3):284-292.

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FAVORABLE reports have been made on the treatment of certain surface infections of the border of the lid, the conjunctiva and the cornea with penicillin ointments. Florey and Florey¹ used a penicillin salve with a pure petrolatum base. Keyes² applied penicillin in a wool fat and cold cream base, and Cashell³ in a lanette wax base.⁴ In an earlier experimental investigation in this laboratory⁵ the penetrability of three ointments, representing two types of emulsion systems (anhydrous wool fat containing 10 per cent liquid petrolatum and an oil-in-water emulsion) was studied; similar investigations were conducted by Bellows⁶ with four bases and by Leopold and LaMotte⁷ with a Carbowax (a polyethylene glycol) base. The cited experimental studies were, however, concerned mostly with the penetration from a few ointments, generally containing the sodium salt of penicillin. It was desirable, therefore, to extend the investigations and to . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
NEW YORK

From the Department of Ophthalmology of Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, and the Institute of Ophthalmology, Presbyterian Hospital.

Footnotes
This study was supported by the Knapp Memorial Foundation.

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