Whitfield&;s ointment consists of -: (A) 3% salicylic acid + 6% benzoic acid, (B) 3% benzoic acid + 6% salicylic acid, (C) 2% salicylic acid + 4% benzoic acid, (D) 2% benzoic acid + 4% salicylic acid
Answer is A. WHITFIELD'S ointment:-3% salicylic acid + 6% benzoic acid. It is used as antifungals and keratolytic iadvl textbook of dermatology page 252