Recent advances in dermatologic therapy.

THERE HAVE BEEN MANY advances in the treatment of skin diseases in recent years. The purpose of this paper is to give a brief description of some of these which may be either of use or of interest to the non-dermatologist. An attempt will also be made to evaluate some of the drugs whose virtues are unfortunately not always presented accurately. This is often because of overenthusiasm usually generated by insufficient investigation. The effectiveness of any form of therapy in medicine can only be ascertained after long carefully controlled clinical study.