“…Podophyllin has now been used successfully as a local application in the treatment of cutaneous carcinomata (Weiss-Chodat, 194-8, 1950 ;Sullivan, 1949 ;• Smith and Garrett, 1950 ; author and others), but a varying proportion of recurrences has been noted (Kern and Fangel, 1950, author) and the actual value of this method of treatment is still not accurately assessed. ' It would seem up to the present to be somewhat unreliable.…”