Effect of Cortisone on Reaction of Skin to Ultra-violet Light

Abstract

Recent investigations have revealed an increasing num- ber of diseases the symptoms of which disappear or are ameliorated during the administration of cortisone in doses that are massive compared with the physiological hormone requirement. An explanation of the mechan- ism of this action has been sought in the rather basic changes produced in the organism. One of the central problems in this respect-the effects of cortisone on the reactivity of the organism when subjected to various stresses-still remains to a large degree unsolved.