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History of the Book of Medicine

June 8th, 2008 at 4:30 pm

The Head Lice - Treatment

in: Insects, Preventative Medicine, parasites

The Head Lice.—They are grayish in color with blackish margins and show a reddish tinge due to the blood they have sucked from their victim. The eggs or nits are seen attached to the hair shafts on the scalp at some distance from the end of the hair and are tiny white or grayish pear-shaped bodies seen upon close examination.

The treatment today, 100 years after this treatment was written in the Book of Medicine, things are not a great deal easier. Its not like a person can even brush their hair with some sort of device that would zap head lice like air can be purified with an IQAir filter.

TREATMENT.-It is necessary to remove eggs and adults at the same time, so wet the hair thoroughly with crude petroleum (from any drug store) keep hair wet for three hours, then wash whole head with warm water and soap. Repeat this wash once a day for three successive days. The eggs can then be removed by combing the hair with a fine tooth comb wet with vinegar. Where possible the treatment can be made more thorough and permanent if the hair is cut short.

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You can safely and effectively kill lice with salt water or a sauna - learn how to kill lice without killing yourself or the earth……

Pediculicide POISONS do not remove nits and are dangerous. Among the reactions to poison shampoo or lice “treatments” are seizures, mental retardation, many different allergies and respiratory problems, strange tingling, burning, itching, attention deficit disorders, brain tumors, leukemia, cancer and death.

I have used a sauna and/or salt water to safely and effectiely kill lice (but the nits remain).

I have also used ½ oz. of Safe Solutions, Inc. Lice R Gone® Enzyme Shampoo and/or their Enzyme Cleaner with Peppermint per shampoo-type application to safely remove both lice and nits.

Stephen Tvedten on June 9th, 2008
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Thanks for your comment Stephen.

I do not recommend using any of the treatments prescribed on this site. These treatments were the prescribed treatments 100 years ago. This is only a historical look back at the practices utilized at the turn of the century.

They could definitely be dangerous for your health and for the environment.

admin on June 9th, 2008