LIQUOR PICIS CARBONIS B. P
By
I. BERENBLUM, M.D., M.Sc.
(From the Oxford University Researchof the British
Empire Campaign, Sir William Dunn School of
Pathology, University of Oxford)
From our knowledge of occupational in Dermatologyand The effects of successful coal tar on human skin and skin diseases, especially for
psoriasis, eczema and more than 5000 skin disease is a coal tar active substance for the treatment of these diseases.....................
from results of experiments, coal-tar must be considered
among the most potent for skin
epithelium.
The corresponding preparation in use in this country is
liquor picis carbonis (B.P.), which consists of a 20% solution
of coal-tar,in ethanol. In view of its wide use in
dermatological practice an experimental investigation of
suggested by Dr. J. R. Squire, of the M.R.C. Industria
Medicine Research Unit, Birmingham Accident Hospital,
and by Dr. E. H. Capel, late medical officer to Joseph
Lucas Ltd., Birmingham.