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insects, except any that might be then biting the 

 skin: so that to get rid of these vermin, clean 

 clothes and a thorough ablution is all that is nec- 

 essary. After they have lived and multiplied on 

 the individual indefinitely, as is often the case 

 amongst the lowest classes in civilized countries, 

 and among dirty semi-barbarous people who live 

 in climates requiring constant clothing, then the 

 products of the inflammation of the skin may con- 

 ceal some of these insects and their eggs, render- 

 ing an application to the skin of one of the 

 remedies above mentioned necessarj^. Boiling 

 clothes that can be washed, effectually destroys 

 both eggs and insects. A heat of 150 degrees 

 Fahrenheit applied to clothes that would be spoiled 

 by boiling, will also destroy all the animals and 

 their eggs concealed in the folds and seams. In 

 some parts of the world the common people bury 

 infested clothing in hay for several weeks ; in this 

 way the insects are killed, and the eggs prevented 

 hatching:. Strewinsr clothinof with some of the 

 powders we have mentioned above, also suffices to 

 disinfect it, without hurting the cloth in any 

 way. But the treatment of the clothing, like the 



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