Pilosine compounds are received by extraction from the leaves of Jaborandi Microphylous. Dermatological preparations containing a pilosine compound as an active ingredient and the method of treating various diseases of the skin and scalp by application to the afflicted areas of such a dermatological preparation.

A power operated vacuum pump unit has a chamber connected to a vacuum pump maintained under negative pressure. There are four separate shut-off valves all connected to the chamber in each of which a fixed pressure is pre-set at amounts differing one from another, all of which are accessible from one side of a housing for the operating unit. There are a series of tubes having one end connected to each of the respective shut-off valves. Each tube is adapted at its other end to receive a glass or p...

The invention disclosed relates to a machine for buffing skins or like materials which machine includes means for increasing the buffing depth either manually or automatically by advance of the skin itself, or like material, in the machine.

The present invention relates to a skin-treating composition comprising an aqueous phase in which urea and a salt are dissolved. The said aqueous phase should have a pH value of 2-8, especially 3-7. Optionally, the composition of the invention may comprise a lipid phase, wetting or emulsifying agents and amino acids. The composition is per se beneficial for the treatment of certain abnormal skin conditions; it is also an excellent vehicle for therapeutically active drugs for the treatment of pat...

A skin splitting machine having a knife, and a conveyor for carrying the skin to the knife and means for pressing the skin to the conveyor. The pressing means comprises a series of axially aligned resilient discs and a non-resilient roller interposed between each disc and the conveyor. Each disc and roller cooperating independently to press the skin to the conveyor.

A fur skin hand mitten as disclosed is comprised entirely of fur skin comprising a back portion including the back of the thumb and a front or palm portion including the front side of the thumb. The mitten is primarily for protection against the cold and the fur side of the skin is on the outside of the back portion of the mitten and on the inside of the front portion of the mitten including the front or opposing portion of the thumb, thereby improving the method of manufacture in that it is onl...

A plurality of individual applicators for performing skin patch tests are arrayed in spaced relation on an adhesively coated sheet of material for attachment to a patient's skin. A plurality of rupturable capsules or ampules are mounted with the adhesively coated sheet, each containing a different prepared test material or contactant, e.g. solid, particulate, etc., for contact with the subjects skin to enable a determination of whether the preselected contactant substances produce any local reac...

Apparatus for conditioning the skin with the use of a facial sauna unit having an open top for receiving the face, neck or other body part to be conditioned wherein the apparatus utilizes a pad saturated or soaked with a material containing oils, proteins and an emulsifying agent. The pad is supported in the sauna unit across the path of the rising steam or water vapor therein. As the water vapor passes through the pad and exits therefrom, particles of the material are carried therewith for cont...

An electrically operated appliance for treating skin utilizing an orbitally driven brush, massaging or skin conditioning instrument. The appliance is operated by means of a switch which is energized upon engagement of the brush or implement against the skin of the user. Control means are provided to immobilize the implement supporting shaft and prevent actuation of the operating switch when the brush or massage instrument is attached or removed from the implement supporting shaft. The sealed hou...

A RING SHAPED ELEMENT IS PLACED IN THE PATH OF FLOWING FLUID. Gravity holds he element down until skin frictional forces of the flowing fluid lift it off its seat. At the point of lift-off the precise degree of skin friction is known.