Resin Dermatitis

Within the last few years, the number of cases of "trade dermatitis" reported has increased rapidly. This is probably due to a number of factors more in evidence at present than they have been during the past. These factors may be thus classified: (1) the almost universal workingman's compensation acts enacted in most states, whereby the working man is protected against any medical illnesses or accidents which may be caused by his regular occupation; (2) the increased variety of minerals, chemicals and drugs used by the various manufacturers in producing their products, and (3) the increased interest on the part of the employers and medical men to alleviate the causative factors of the so-called occupational diseases that may be caused from trades or occupations. From the point of view of the dermatologist, we are greatly interested in the unusual diseases of the skin that are related to occupation. Interesting cases