The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-02
YoU NEyER GAN TELL ABOUT CooTIE!

YOU NEVER CAN TELL ABOUT CooTIEs A gracious host of Pedieulus capitis was fSanS hsr ey Msrs sss py Cooties, tickler, head of the pediculus family lays 800 eggs in 24 hours. The old man just oi s ouss s sss Q bacteriologist on an excursion among higher forms of life. estimated that Mrs Cootie pre. enough, with 2,000 descendants in 16 days, and her daughters bring the total up to 1l3,000 in adys Sead ioase Des in sood training has Seen oS served to climb hair eight inches in less than two minutes.
 lice is slight pricklng or itching of the scalp especially about the temple or occiput. Later the child becomes restless, disturbed in sleep, irritable, anemic and dcbilitated.
 You never can trust louse. It will sham death for hours. It Is hard to kill lice by by m rasans or sy is effective way to kill both lice and their nits or eggs
 A louse prefers a clean body but can if nec- essary feed on a body smeared with sulphur salves and similar repellants. However, the use of a dusting powder of washed sulphur on the
 The large pediculi that infest the public hair and are commonly dubbed "crabs" bite more viciously and produce more severe itching. Sometimes they infest the hair in the armpits. They produce an eczematous eruption. They are transferred from person to person not only by contact but via bedding, clothing and other materials. The ova, nits or eggs are attached to hairs close to the skin that 1t is difficult to detect them except with a lens. Better than the old treatment with mercury ointment Is re- peated washing with a solution of bichloride of mercury, corrosive sublimate. in water in alcohol, in the strength of one to five hundred. This is best applied after a careful washing with warm water and soap and three success sive applications, daily, should be made. allow ing the bichloride solution to dry on. After these three applications calamin lotion may be used to relieve the irritation of the skin Gala min lotion Is the familiar lotion used for the lief of all kinds of mild skin Inflammation or itching or irritation. and consists of one ounce of powdered calamin, one ounce of powdered zinc oxide, two drams of gycerin and enough lime water to fill pint bottle. This is to be shaken up and dabbed on needed. Where itching is marked sometimes a small quantity of phenol (carbolic acid) is added to the for muia. say 1-2 drams in the pint The lotion is soothing in sunburn, ivy poisoning and other
 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 Goats MILK
 Has goats milk any value as a remedy fin ar- thritis and stomach trouble? Has 1t greater food value than cows milk? (W. M. B.
 Answer-Not to my knowledge. Goats milk free from tubercle bacilli. which not rarely present in cows milk. tuberculosis being wide- ly prevalent among cattle but practically un. known among goats.
 Osteomyelitis
 A patient with 0steomy yeiitis Is to live Am oue home. We will have to use the same bath, etc. Please sngEcst what precautions We should take. Mrs w. CD
 Answer-ordinary soap and water cleanliness is ample precaution for all concerned. No chemical antiaeptic or disinfectant is neceaearv inless the doctor directs the use of such medi. cines In the dresslngs
 (cepyright 1888. John F. pille Col