The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-27
ITCH sALvE FOR RUM BLOSSOM ACNI

l Acne rosacea is the familiar red nose of dys-
 peptics and alcoholics. says Prof Pusey In his famous textbook on Dcrmatology. Don't mind conceding that most or the cases have seen have been in persons who had ex.
 ccllent digestion and didn't know the taste or
 rum, booze light wines, ale. beer or hcKcr. for
 that matter look at my hose
 From time to time physicians have noticed
 inc common presence in the mouth of the seba-
 ceous or oil duct microscopic parasite, Il mite
 about one-tcnth the size of the old fashioncd
 itch mite. This mite which may be found Tn
 the material expressed from comeaone
 (blackhcad) by microscopic examination Is rarely absent--it has been found In the scba- ceoug ducts Of infants a few days old. Although
 1t is formidable looking little animal under the microscope, physicians have generally re-
 garded it as normal and harmless inhabitant. Once in a while some physician hsserts ms
 belief that the little mtc called deinoacx ,9l- liculorum is the cause of some sKln troupe. Thus it has been held accountable III ceT'nIn cases of pigmcntation or brownish spots or tnc | skin or neck and front of the chest, such spots | being usually due to a different parasite, run | gus that grows In the form of spores ana | threads Again the demodex or Acarus folllcul' | orum, only one e-tcnth the size of the llch hite | (Acarns scubiel) which Is barely visible to the l naked eye, has been held accountable Tor some l little -warty cysts Wens in the akln rcSeni- | bling those commonly seen in the skin trouble
 called moluscum.
 Now Drs samuel Ayrcs and Nelson |. hhaer, .'e', | son. LOS Angeles skin specialists, report tn.' | thnv have obtained highly satisfactory rcsul@ | 'n inc treatment of many cases of acne rosncen | md pityriaBis folliculorum, Tn which thc ueHo- dex mite was found in large huinpeTh' "'tn H | ointment commonly used for scapieS 'o'" '"S"
 Such ointment is composed of parts or be. | tanaphthol, parts of supiilieo hulphu!, ID h"o | na rts of balsam of peru and 15 parts or petro- i! iatum. ,, ,, l-s
 Many patients who declared lhe'r hn, ,,,,tua Mna | so .cnnitivc 1t would not stand even scrupp'"h | ,',ti, vreen soap or even plain soap ana watvi | hava nevertheless otained excelcn' resu'.' | from this saive after using IL TOT u ".en . u | vhe affected skin should be "hshed thorousnS l .uAP n | mcnt appled for only three succcssiVe hiBnts | If produces considerable redness apd snsnl pTy' T, | ing but this subsidies after seVcrai oayn' .nI ., | three day ointment treatment may pc rcpchtuu 4,
 tn inc second and again in the third week II | necessary. .,, .o ,h, ,,rofes. | don these specialists point out that only caheS | fin which the dcmodex is found by nlcroscople
 nramination should have such treatment. You
 see 1t is unwise to apply strong E,l p,'' | if there are parasites 10 pc h''eo' QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Broth Is Not Food
 | Informed beef broth has no food value, but
 Is only il stimuiant. Mrs M. b')
 | Answer-cIear meat broth of any kind has .
 very little nutritive value, but II the Iht 70 ,io' | ILtmmed off it is still somewhat houfisnins. | The extractlyes which give tho appetlIIns taste are without nutritiye value. hot protn is
 some V hat stimulating. The only way 'o se' l the strength or nourishmcnt from meat is to | eat inc meat Soups or brotbs are all right l where the invalid Is unable to enc" or s"a'o" | solid meat.
 | scotch Colleagues
 l Perhaps you can give me some Information l rc.nvIlnr tl,e diati,ermc coaguiathon Of tois'
 siis: where one could obtain the nccessars
 equipment, and instructions for It's use. tw' V | S, NJ. D.
 l Answer-- Even if you had generously inclosed
 fl stamped envelope bearing your address, Doe. | tor 1 could not give you such instruction Bu' | | am always glad to give colleagues the name | of n good man who Is competent to instruct | them in that method.
 Calcium Lactate for Migraine TIappy to testify I take q course Of one bottls
 Of calcium inctnte tnbieth once q year, anu | kec,s me free from nnisfainc attacks from
 which [ had suffered since ! was q child of 70 | (Mrs \. B. I)
 | Answer-vThe course recommended h tha l the mKrnlne sufferer tnfse 10 grains of calcium | lnotnte after food three times a day for period of not leSs than 10 weeks.