TY  - JOUR
T1  - EXperimental studies of the mode of absorption of mercury when applied by inunction
AU  - SCHAMBERG J, KOLMER JA, RAIZISS GW, GAVRON JL
Y1  - 1918/01/19
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1918.02600030006003
JO  - Journal of the American Medical Association
SP  - 142
EP  - 145
VL  - 70
IS  - 3
N2  - For a number of years there has been much discussion as to the manner in which mercury reaches the blood stream when rubbed into the skin in the form of inunction. Welander of Stockholm, after painstaking studies on extensive clinical material, came to the conclusion that the greatest part of the mercury applied by inunction is volatilized and absorbed through the lungs, and only a small portion through the skin. Many European clinicians were converted to this view through Welander's investigations. Welander, as a result of his work, advocated the light smearing of the skin with mercurial ointment rather than the attempt vigorously to rub the ointment in. He later advised inhalation cures, employing flat bags containing mercurial powder and worn around the neck at night.Wile and Elliott1 carried out studies in the mode of absorption of mercury in the inunction treatment, and by employing nonvolatile salts of
SN  - 0002-9955
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1918.02600030006003
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1918.02600030006003
ER  -