No new and virtually untested drug has ever been greeted with such optimistic fanfare as dimethyl sulfoxide, or DMSO, a colorless liquid extracted from paper-pulp wastes and commonly used as an industrial solvent. It has been widely hailed, both in the press and by some doctors, as a painkiller, a germ killer, diuretic, tranquilizer, a reliever of burns and sprains besides being a wondrous solvent that enables other drugs to penetrate the skin and alleviate conditions as varied as crippling arthritis and athlete's foot. The surgeon who discovered DMSO's medicinal properties...
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