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Subject: Soap, Ink, and now Chiggers & Fleas
Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 10:20:00 EDT

Chiggers and Fleas ca 1890
"Hyposulphite of soda is frequently used for chigger bites. It can be
purchased at most drug stores, and is not expensive. Dissolve it in water,
making a nearly saturated solution, and bathe the spots where chiggers have
burrowed. In order to ward off chiggers on the arms, feet and other parts of
the body likely to be exposed should be bathed in the solution and allowed to
dry without wiping. Having taken proper precautions in this manner one can
traverse the worst infested thickets with impunity. It is well to renew the
wash every day or two. Fleas can be drive out by sprinkling salt on ground
and other places where they gather."
Edna

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