[On an improved device for measuring skin tearing strength. Technical description and experimental results obtained from rat skin following therapy with topical corticoids (author's transl)]. / Uber ein verbessertes Zugprüfgerät für den Hautreissversuch. Beschreibung der Technik und Versuchsergebnisse an Hautproben der Ratte nach Behandlung mit topisch wirksamen Corticoiden.

Technical details of an improved method for measuring tensile behaviour of normal and treated rat skin are described. The apparatus has been developed specifically for skin specimens so that the extending force and the adequate strain rate until rupture are designed especially for this purpose. Skin is to be mounted in the jaws of the instrument in horizontal position. Preliminary biological data have been worked out.

[Dermal and systemic side effects of fluocortin butylester. Comparative skin tearing experiments with active principles from commercial preparations]. / Dermale und systemische Nebenwirkungen von Fluocortin-butylester (FCB). Hautreissversuche im Vergleich mit Wirkstoffen aus Handelspräparaten.

Different concentrations of butyl 6alpha-fluoro-11beta-hydroxy-16alpha-methyl-3,20-dioxo-1,4-pregnadien-21-oate (fluocortin butylester FCB, Vaspit) and of clobetasone-17-butyrate, clobetasole-17-propionate and hydrocortisone-17-butyrate have been administered topically in order to investigate dermal and systemic side effects. It could be shown that FCB exhibits by far the least side effects. A specially devised apparatus covering the site of substance application, guaranteed an exclusive dermal absorption. Side effects, therefore, cannot be ascribed to oral ingestion of the drugs.