. Dr. Evans' How to keep well; . bers Itch Treatment.—J. E. B. writes: Kindly advise me as to thetreatment for barbers itch. It has got into the eyes and scalp now and isannoying. Eeply.—The hair should be cut short and the affected hairs pulled the places twice a day and then rub in sulphur ointment. Eub it inwell. Spend twenty minutes on the job. It is important that other mem-bers of the family do not catch this disease. It is contagious. Dry Air Rash Cause.—B. S. asks the cause of a rash breaking over thebody and arms, but not on the face or neck. She asks if it is caused by heavy
. Dr. Evans' How to keep well; . bers Itch Treatment.—J. E. B. writes: Kindly advise me as to thetreatment for barbers itch. It has got into the eyes and scalp now and isannoying. Eeply.—The hair should be cut short and the affected hairs pulled the places twice a day and then rub in sulphur ointment. Eub it inwell. Spend twenty minutes on the job. It is important that other mem-bers of the family do not catch this disease. It is contagious. Dry Air Rash Cause.—B. S. asks the cause of a rash breaking over thebody and arms, but not on the face or neck. She asks if it is caused by heavy underwear, as she wears alight fleeced weight, or by the con-dition of the blood? Eeply.—Few rashes are causedby the blood. There is almost norelation between skin diseases andthe blood. Your rash is due to liv-ing in a room where the air is toodry. Put an air vent in the radia-tor in your bedroom and let steamblow into the air. If you will keepthe air so moist that the windowsare always sweating your eruptionwill Fig. 244.—Crab Louse (pediculus pubis). Cuban Itch.—M. writes: I hope that you will give the public somedata as to the nature and particularly the characteristic symptoms of ahighly contagious eruption called sometimes Cuban itch; also some sug-gestions as to treatment and prevention. Eeply.—Cuban itch is smallpox. It came into the United States fromMexico about the time our troops were returning from Cuba. Some-one jumped to an unwarranted conclusion and dubbed this brand of small-pox Cuban itch. The Cubans tell us they never heard of Cuban itch. Cuban itch should be cared for in the smallpox hospital. It requiresno treatment. The disease gets well spontaneously in about ten then consists in intelligently standing by. Bath Itch Relief.—B. writes: I wish to tell you of my experience withbath itch and the relief I have had from it lately. I spoke of my troublewith bath itch to a doctor, who said he had been troubled the same way,
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