RT Journal
A1 STEIN IF
T1 DR. irving f. stein's reply to the comment of dr. schauffler
JF American Journal of Diseases of Children
JO American Journal of Diseases of Children
YR 1929
FD October 1
VO 38
IS 4
SP 838
OP 839
DO 10.1001/archpedi.1929.01930100158021
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.1929.01930100158021
AB To the Editor:—In reply to the recent communication of Dr. Schauffler, I wish to thank the doctor for his interest and his kindly criticism. In regard to the ointment, I have used hydrous wool fat, mixed with petrolatum and 1 per cent mercurochrome-220, ever since we first began our work on vulvovaginitis in 1921. Hydrous wool fat, according to Cushney (edition 4, p. 50), "is miscible in twice its weight of water without losing its ointment consistency," and therefore is capable of absorbing the vaginal moisture completely.I have not materially changed our technic of treatment in the past seven years except for the additional use of the vaginoscope in the study of our patients. Will you kindly refer Dr. Schauffler to our former publications (A Clinical Investigation of Vulvovaginitis, Surg. Gynec. Obst. 36:43 [Jan.] 1923; A Bacteriologic Study of Vulvovaginitis in Children, J. Infect. Dis., 32:444