In 1967 he published a thesis in which he described the skin, with an area of l.5 square meters, as the body's "largest" organ, and proposed transdermal absorption as the quickest and most effective way to take medicine.
一九六七年他發表論文指出，皮膚是人體最「大」的器官，有一．五平方公尺之大，如果藥劑能經皮膚吸收，將是最快且有效的方式。