The Bismarck tribune., 1933-12-18
HOW Is YOUR RINGwORM NOW!

hOW Is YOUN HlNGWOkM NOW!
It has been proved that one-half
Of one per cent solution of sodium
hypochlorite in water will kill five of
the commoner strains Of ringworm in
Is seconds Drs. Osborne, Putnam
ond Kickoff report success with the
use Of such solution In rubber pans
or In wells built in the floor, where
pupils will step in the solution for a
few seconds on their way to and from
the shower, In the college or school
gymnasium
Other solutions have been similarly
used for preventing this very prev
alent foot itch, athletes foot" ring
worm, trichophytosis, epidermophy-
tosis, Is It is variously called. A good
one is . solution Of photographers
fixing agent, sodium hyposulphite
(thiosulphate) 10 per cent strength.
This has been used in a similar way
to prevent spread OF the itch In baths,
pools, gymnaSiumS.
In the Buffalo schools the pans or
wells are retilled with per cent, So
luton of sodium hypochlorite every
two days, at q cost Of about II cents.
In the past three years the prevail
ence Of the ringworm among school
end college students In Buffalo has
dropped SO per cent under such pro-
ptylaxis.
The Buffalo investigators observe
that 1t is fairly easy to employ such
= means Of prevention in schools and
colleges, but 1t Is hard to make 1t
effective In golf clubs and the like,
where the locker boy takes the foot
bath as q Joke and allows it to 60
unchanged for weeks. They believe
70 public bath or gymnasium entail
ing the common use of runways,
shower baths or dressing rooms, should
be allowed to operate without ade-
quate provision for prophylaxis Of
ringworm Of the feet.
Here I offer the reader this indi-
vidual suggestion: Always carry
your own slippers and never step bare
foot on any surface where some one
else has stepped before you. Even in
q hotel bed room, never walk across
the floor barefoot.
The wearing of wool socks favora
foot itch. According to these Buffalo
experts the ringwo1m organisms OF
fungi grow readily In wool, very slight
ly in silk, and not at all in cotton
SO here's to the COTTON STOCK
ING; It Is HYGIENE.
Hyperidrosis (excessive sweating) ot
the feet is another factor that favora
the development Of @ringworn.
I have . monograph on Care of the
Feet. It tells you how to deal with
excessive or disagreeable sweating o1
the feet. Ask for the monograph by
that name, and inclose q stamped
envelope bearing your address.
! have another monograph, in the
form OF booklet in the Little Les
sons In the Ways Of Health series
which deals with ''Unbidden Guests
you know, company you don't want
This treatment includes advice for the
treatment Of ringworm Of the feet
Alas, the booklet sets you back Z
dime mot stamps) In addition to the
stamped envelope bearing your ad'
dress.
Many persons dust inside the stock
illgs and inside the shoes daily with 1
little powder composed Of one part o.
sodium hypoNllphite and three part'
OF boric acid powder, good prophy'
Tactic against riugwogm.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Look Out! Danger!
Is there any danger IN eatin(
starch? crave It at all times, ant
have been eating It for 20 years. An
now, -. Does It make one nervous
(Mrs. A. o.
Answer-The only danger Is that tn
good carbohydrate food you INCEST Il
that form may make you 20 fat tina
Friend Husband viii begin lookin|
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