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and certainly without any sufficient reason, for 

 beyond the evidence of slight impetiginous ulcera- 

 tions there were no indications of disease, much less 

 of parasitism. I prescribed a carbolic acid and 

 glycerine wash, which I directed to be applied 

 every morning and evening, after the feet had been 

 well bathed with warm water. I also, of course, 

 endeavoured to put a stop to the practice of har- 

 pooning. At the expiration of a week I had the 

 satisfaction of observing that the scars and old 

 impetiginous sores had nearly disappeared ; never- 

 theless she could not be persuaded to abandon the 

 notion that the giggers were still occupying their 

 old abode. 



