[Treatment of molluscum contagiosum]

Puncture with a toothpick dipped in phenolum liquefactum is a suitable method for the treatment especially of small mollusca contagiosa in children. The danger of phenol intoxication through resorption during the treatment of multiple molluscs always must be borne in mind. Comparable studies in rats' nipples using the puncture technique showed that up to 0.7 mg phenol can be applied to one molluscum.