The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-08-22
THE SKIN YOU LOVE TO SCRATCH

We gave several useful remedies for
the relief of itching, smarting, irri-
tation or burning of the skin in the
talk about Seven Ages of Itching the
other day. Today we have some more
recipes for you. Better make note
or clipping of any you may wish to
use. Nothing gets me off my bowling
so much as lot of letters from folk
who decide six weeks after publica-
ton of an item like this that they
want copy, when we have no copies
available.
For heat rash (prickly heat) battle
with handful of bran in basin of
tepid water, or tablespoonful OF
saleratus (soda) in basin of tepid
water, dry with soft towel and powder
freely with cornstarch powder or with
zinc stearate powder or with borated
talcum. Avoid soap.
Chatting between opposing skin sur
faces calls for gentle soap and tepid
water bathing. repeated rinsing away
of the soap, drying with soft towel
and tanning, then heavily coating
with zinc stearate powder. If the
chafed or scalded surface is moist
smear it with fresh castor oil or with
soft petroleum. and cover with piece
of soft linen. Exposure to the air is
the best preventive and cure for chat
ing or scalding.
For chapping, redness or roughness
of the skin, this lotion is an old
standby:
Boric acid powder ..........3 drains
(teaspoonfuls)
Tragacanth shavings. 80 grains
Glycerin Grams
:. tablespoonful
Rain water or distilled water. Il pint
Boil, stirring constantly, till clear
jelly is obtained. Apply after wash
ing the hands and before skin Is quite
dry, two or three times a day.
This lotion is excellent after shaw
ing.
OF course the relief of the itching
of scabies, old-fashioned itch, is the
cure of the disease, and that means
the killing of the itch mites that bur-
row under the cuticle. The best rem
edy for this is sulphur ointment
not sulphur and lard" crudely mixed
up, but sulphur ointment made by
the skilled pharmacist. pound OF it,
fresh, after the formula in the Phar-
macopoeia. The success of this treat
ment depends largely upon the man
ner in which the sulphur is applied.
No room here to give instructions.
Bath pruritus is a mild degree OF
itching. rather irritation, indicating
the following measures:
/. Don't battle.
2. If you must battle, make it short
and no more extensive than the law
requires.
3. Avoid the use of soap.
4. The less clothing you wear at
any time, consistent with comfort, the
less your skin will itch.
5. Use some suitable oil on the skin
daily.
6. After a bath apply this skin
cream:
LanoIln ................. Grams
Boroglycerid ................l dram
Cold cream, made from
White Petroleum. ........6 drains
This should be dispensed in a col
lapsible tube, and a pea size bit Is
enough to apply daily.
Many persons who suffer with bath
pruritus or so-called winter itch need
| treatment to increase the activity Of
ductless glands. This may be accom-
plished by taking suitable Iodin Ra-
ton. write In for instructions for
taking an Iodin Ration. and inclose
with your request 3-cent-stamped
envelope bearing your address)
Here is recipe for the relief Of
local pruritus:
Tannic acid 20 grains
Alcohol .One-haH ounce
Glycerin One half ounce
Water, to make ........ -Four Ounces
Apply night and morning on nap
kin or fold of linen.