Studies on the Chemical Composition of Human Hair Fat

Abstract

Recently Wheatley (1) has summarized the findings of numerous investigations on the Composition of human surface fat, and has Computed an average composition of skin surface fats of the human adult male forearm mainly on the basis of the Work of MacKenna, Wheat- ley and Wormall (2, 3). Preliminary to a more detailed examination of the various portions of human hair fat we have accumulated some comparable data from different groups of human beings which we now present.