Word: petrolatum
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Dark red veterinary petrolatum took first place with scientists as a sunburn lotion. Called in by the Army to test suntan preparations for marooned sailors and airmen, G.E. tested 13, turned thumbs down on some of the more highly advertised, water-soluble products. Also recommended: phenyl salicylate...
...became inflamed and produced more gastric juice than before. The doctors found "a vicious cycle is set up [by stomach ulcers], since the acid gastric juice in contact with a denuded region induces further acid secretion." The doctors healed the ulcer in three days by bandaging it with a petrolatum poultice. Atropine, which is often given to soothe ulcer sufferers, cut down Tom's mucus secretion. Therefore the doctors believe atropine should not be generally used for ulcers (except occasionally as a sedative), because the drug reduces the very protection the stomach most needs. Proper ulcer treatment, Wolf & Wolff...
Nerve grafts from cadavers can be preserved for long periods, Dr. de Rezende found, in either liquid petrolatum or alcohol. The grafted nerve tissue need not be "alive" when transplanted. Reason: "The function of the nerve transplant is to a large extent merely mechanical. The graft presents thousands of microscopic channels which will help the down-growth of the neurofibrils...
...created by exposing tissues from rat and chicken embryos to ultraviolet rays. This injured some of the cells and induced production of the healing substances in them. The scientists now extract the biodynes from 1) fish-liver oils and 2) heated yeast cells. The extracts are mixed with a petrolatum and lanolin base, sell for $3 a pound. Dr. Sperti said last week he could produce 1,000 pounds of "Biodyne" ointment a day if he had a priority for fish oils. The Chicago Fire Department has already adopted the new ointment, carries five pounds of it in all life...
...discovered 15 years ago, doctors believed it was a children's disease. But, said Dr. Cannon last fortnight, "accumulated evidence has proved . . . that it affects all ages. . . . It is now certain that healthy persons may develop severe types of lipid pneumonia, especially if they use medicated liquid petrolatum intranasally in large quantities over long periods of time. . . . Abandonment of this type of medication will be slow because of the fact that so many persons have used oily nose drops with no apparent ill effects...