524 Combating Lousiness 
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preferably to a towel. Remove the turban after 1 hour, wash the 
hair or merely let the carbolic dry. The latter is absorbed by hair 
but does not injure it, on the contrary, it renders the hair par¬ 
ticularly soft and silky. Where there is impetigo the carbolic 
softens the scabs and prepares the site for application of ointment. 
Whitfield has never seen carboluria result and recommends the 
method from 12 years’ experience in practice, other methods having 
been tried and found inefficient. Perroncito recommended 1 % 
solution. Castellani and Chalmers advise 1|- % solution: soak the 
hair, wash with soap and water, then apply acetic acid (25 %), 
using fine comb. 
For corporis, crude carbolic acid solution in water (strength not 
stated) is recommended in Russia (Official Instr.), to be applied as 
described under No. 396. 
See also No. 429 (a), and under repellants, p. 488. 
376. Carbolic acid 5 % and methylated spirit (1 : 1), for capitis. 
In very bad cases moisten the hair well as a preliminary, then 
apply compresses wetted with the solution. Cover the head with 
tight-fitting bathing-cap for 12 hrs, after which wash, dry, and 
comb (Allan). 
377. Carbolic acid 2 %, followed by olive oil, for pubis. 
Used for treatment of very heavily infested soldier’s axillae, 
eczematous inflammation present with hair matted by blood and 
secretion from scratching. Swabbed with carbolic for 15 minutes, 
clipped away crusts and hair, dried the part and applied oil. Cured 
by one treatment (Nuttall, vm. 15). 
378. Carbolic acid in olive oil (1 : 40), for capitis. 
Soak the head at least 72 hrs, then wash. Cited by Shipley as 
recommended by a nurse. 
379. Carbolic acid pomade (strength not stated), for capitis. 
Recommended as application to children’s heads (Dubreuilh and 
Beille). 
380. Carbolic acid 1 % in 5 % neutral-glycerine in water, for corporis 
and pubis. 
Sponge the patient down quickly with the solution and bathe 
him in warm soapy water (Plique). 
381. Carbolic acid, crude, 5 % and soft soap (1 : 1), for corporis. 
Used for impregnating clothes as a preventive. Exps 104, 105: 
value doubtful. See No. 406 (Lysol). 
