Montana labor news., 1949-06-16
TIPS FOR SUMMER
FAMILY TRIPS


family trips To the beach or lax,
don, have To- mean Monday morn
inc sunburn. mosquito bites an,
poison ivy. Not ii your iamill
is willing 10 take advantage oi soma
oi the new-and relatively ineN.
neutrality-suspicious. that can h'
bought from almost any drug store
Chief pharmacist George. Me.
Duiiie OF Group Health association.
medical care Coop that scrycs
lo.z00 people in the nations capital
told The Machinist about some d
the popular preparations that Groul
Health i selling like hot cakes
\ >unburn preventive which
Group Health says i better than any
OF the costly oils and lotions thai
are so highly advertised has beer
a Group Health speciality" Tor
more than a year nov.
McDuiiic suggests that you note
formula and get prices from
a couple OF drug stories ON what
they can charge to make il up. Also.
he says ii will pay you 10 buy the
sunburn preventive III fairly large
convenient size bottles yourself.
Here's the formula to ask your
druggist to prepare: A saturated
solution between 10 and II per
cent? of para-ameno-benzoic acid
in 20 percent ethyl rubbing alco-
no.. Group Health sells this for
IS cents for a four-ounce bottle.
The solution is a colorlcss liquid
YOU rub on before going out
into the sun. 1t will leave a very
line powdery coating on your skin
When that rubs oil. or after yoli
come out OF the water. put on an
other coat. This formula was pub
a little over a year ago by
the Journal OF lnvestigative Derma.
tology. and i'll Group HEALTH cx-
perience it's practically fool proof.
\ mosquito repellant that doesn'l
repcl Your friends as we'll is an
other Group Health drug special
1t was developed by the armed
services. and has the approval OF
Health's medical staff. Its
a good idea to get the price on this
a couple OF drug stores. too.
the formula to ask for: 4.
10 per CEN solution Of dimctllyl
phihalate in rubbing alcohol. Group
Health sells this preparation Tor
cents Tor four ounces.
The poison ivy preventive that
Health recommends for peo-
pie who know they're going to be
exposed to the vine. However, its
lot Tor everyday use, since as Nc
explains. ITS as hard to take
oif as paint or tar
lust the same this is the pre-
ventive that the telephone com
pany and construction firms buy
Tor their men who have to wade into
ivy regardless Of the conse-
quences. 1t is sold to industrial
firms through the Western Disin-
iectant CO.. and is called Vests
Protective Cream No. II.
Group Health sells il for 65 cents
Tor iour ounces. You may be able
10 buy it through your plant dis
pensary or nurses room. For berry
pickers or for children turned loose
III unfamiliar territory, il might
a lot OF suffering afterwards.
When you've aecidently come in
contact with poison ivy, remember
that it takes Is TO 30 minutes for the
to penetrate the skin. I'M
nedlately sponge oil the exposed
area with rubbing alcohol. Aiter-
wash the skin with soap
and water.
II you want TO get rid OF poison
IVY IN Your neighborhood. either
dig on, the roots or spray the vines
a solution composed OF three
pounds OF salt dissolved in II gal
lon OF slightly soapy water. The
first spraying should take place as
as the buds appear on the
plant and should be followed b,
several sprayings as the new leave,
appear. 4 spray Of crankcase oil
diluted with Kerosene or ordinar,
iuel oil will kill the leaves. but no,
the roots.
incidentally, Group Health has a
suggestion that will help you save
money when buying standard, com
monty used drugs from aspirin to
calamine lotion OF EPSON salts.
Don't be airiad OF buying cut-rate
priced products so long as the label
bears the marking "USP" or COM
pounded TO USP standards.
MI drugs which claim 10 meet
United States pharmacopeia
formulas are subject to federal in
Spcction.
M
CrvStal Craamory n