Handbook of medical entomology . 59. Scabies on the hand. After Sarcoptidcc, or Itch Mites 77 great that the general heahh of the individual is seriously that the true cause of the disease is known, it is easily con-trolled. Treatment usually consists in softening the skin by friction withsoap and warm water, followed by a warm bath, and then appl^dngsome substance to kill the mites. Stiles gives the following direc-tions, modified from Bourguignons, as a rather radical guide, tobe modified according to facilities and according to the delicacy of theskin or condition of
Handbook of medical entomology . 59. Scabies on the hand. After Sarcoptidcc, or Itch Mites 77 great that the general heahh of the individual is seriously that the true cause of the disease is known, it is easily con-trolled. Treatment usually consists in softening the skin by friction withsoap and warm water, followed by a warm bath, and then appl^dngsome substance to kill the mites. Stiles gives the following direc-tions, modified from Bourguignons, as a rather radical guide, tobe modified according to facilities and according to the delicacy of theskin or condition of the patient: I. The patient, stripped naked, is energetically rubbed all over(except the head) for twenty minutes, with green soap and warmwater. 2. He is then placed in a warm bath for thirty minutes,during which time the rubbing is continued. 3. The parasiticideis next rubbed in for twenty minutes and is allowed to remain on thebody for four or fi^^e hours; in the meantime the patients clothes aresterilized, to kill the eggs or mites attached to them. 4. A finalbath
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