SYSTEMIC POISONING DUE TO SYNTHETIC ORGANIC HAIR DYE: FATAL CASE WITH AUTOPSY
Authors: H. Raymond Peters, Milton S. Sacks
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1939)

Case Reports1 June 1939SYSTEMIC POISONING DUE TO SYNTHETIC ORGANIC HAIR DYE: FATAL CASE WITH AUTOPSYH. RAYMOND PETERS, M.D., MILTON S. SACKS, M.D.H. RAYMOND PETERS, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, MILTON S. SACKS, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-12-12-2032 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptHair dyeing, a practice of great antiquity, is still widely prevalent today. A variety of materials are used for the purpose of producing variously tinted hair. These substances fall into three groups: (1) Those of vegetable origin (henna, chamomile); (2) metallic substances (silver, manganese, bismuth); (3) synthetic compounds (paraphenylenediamine, paratoluylenediamine, pyrogallol). Because of the ease of application, the relative permanence, and supposed "naturalness" of the resulting tints, the last group has been greatly exploited in recent years. Soon after their introduction, however, as important fixtures in the cosmetic armamentarium, reports of toxic effects began to appear in medical literature.Because...Bibliography1. COLE HW: The dermatoses due to cosmetics, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1924, lxxxii, 1909. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. Federal Trade Commission Decisions, 1932, xvi, 198-227. Google Scholar3. MCCAFFERTY LK: Hair dyes and their toxic effects; classification and description, Arch. Dermat. and Syph., 1926, xiv, 136. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. HANZLIK PJ: The pharmacology of some phenylenediamines, Jr. Indust. Hyg., 1923, iv, 386. Google Scholar5. PERCIVAL GH: Experimental observations on dermatitis due to dyed fur, Lancet, 1931, ii, 417. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. 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