The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-10
SEVEN AGES OF ITCHING

When we are young and in our prime Il | seems we itch most all the time' With nea | feas and insect sundries. Then bye ana Dy< we enter school, play in the gym, swim In tne pool, catch scabies, ringworm, pedicuiosAs, ane | fungus foot-tricophytosis. At last we get st tough and old that nothing else VIII Dite us
 yet we keep on itching just the same with ex Quisite bath pruritls
 I was never much impressed by irnpassionet descriptions of itching until trleo some oi the lower degrees myself. My idea was to De'
 gin with something mild and gradually worR | up to real itching. So I tried bedbugs. The 1 itch of Cimex lectularus is evaporation rather than itching-exasperating because you vaguely | feel something biting you but you cant seen 1 to tell where it is, and whilo you're dozedlS | cogitating this phenomenon the first guest siipt ! away and brings back some of her friends and they all set to right merrily and enjoy hearty meal before you finally get up and commence the ghasty work of execution. Scabies, formerly called seven year itch," is more like. Indeed, hold that seven hours ia enough of that for any one to have, and the thorough application of a properly made sul- phur ointment will cure it within seven hours too.
 When had orthoform erythema felt had begun to understand what it means to itch. Orthoform is a medicine, and some individuals happen to have an idiosyncrasy or peculiar sensitiveness to certain medicines or chemicals. had to have three successive attacks of ortho- form dermattitis, each a little less severe, be-
 fore it dawned on me that the attacks came
 
 of patient
 But I know now that never itched any to
 speak of until 1 had ivy poisoning. That is
 the nth degree of itching. If there is anything worse than ivy dermatitis in the itching line I'd rather not hear about it. For the relief or ordinary itching, such as
 mosquito other bites one of the following remedies may be used.
 Rub the spot with piece of wet soap Touch 1t with tincture of iodin.
 Touch 1t with peroxide. Bathe with handful of saleratus (soda) in
 basin of water.
 Apply calamin lotion.
 Calamin lotion is a standard formula for the
 relief of itching, smarting. burning. and con-
 sists of
 Powdered calamin ........... one ounce Powdered zinc oxid ......... one ounce Glycerinc (tabespoonful) .one half ounce
 Lime water to make one pint. This should be labeled Calamin Lotion. Shake 1t up
 well and apply by sopping on with fingers. without rubbing. Let dry on the skin. Use often as you wish.
 oning it is necessary to add to the Calamiil Lotion q small amount of phenol (carbolic acid). The druggist sell without prescrip- ton solution of phenol (carbolic acd) in wa ter in the strength of per cent Gone part car bolic acid in twenty of water). Two ounces oi this per cent phenol solution may be used instead of two ounces of the lime water in preparing Calamin Lotion. The addition of the phenol renders the lotion much more soothing for extreme itching or irritation Of course phenol (carbolic acd) should not be applied if there is break in the skin or q raw sore or wound of any kind, unless under the pby- sician's direction.