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Combating Lousiness 
Ref. 
No. 
386. Chlorine, for corporis in clothing. 
Frankel states that when dilute it kills lice without affect¬ 
ing fabrics and that it can be applied in rooms. It injures 
metals. 
387. Chloroform, for pubis. Recommended by Ziamal (1856). 
388. Chloroform-water (5 : 1000), for capitis and corporis. 
Rubbed on the body and hair (Letulle and Bordas, Renault). 
389. Cinol, for corporis, applied to the skin. 
Recommended by Wulker. Tried under difficult conditions in 
the Argonne by Ilornstein who states that the men were continually 
becoming reinfested whilst various other remedies failed. Cinol 
applied to the skin after cleansing it every 3-4 days produced no 
irritation and gave great temporary relief. Effect on lice un¬ 
determined. 
390. Cocculus indicus, for capitis. 
The powdered fruit, made into an ointment, is sometimes used. 
It is dangerous when applied to abraded surfaces. Intensely bitter; 
the poisonous principle is picrotoxin (G-. H. F. N.). 
Expt 151: lice survived exposure to the vapour for some days. 
It probably acts by contact. 
391. Creolin 2-2| %, for capitis, recommended by Perroncito. 
8-10 % for corporis on clothing, used as a vapour. Muto figures 
a box whose sides fall apart and in which the clothes to be treated 
are hung. A little boiler containing creolin solution and heated by 
a small wood fire is placed to one side with a steam pipe leading 
into the box. The method is used in the Italian army (exposure 
period not stated). Alessandrini also recommends the method; he 
states that the creolin evaporates into the box at 40° C. and that 
10-20 minutes’ exposure suffices in practice to kill lice and nits. 
Creolin is non-inflammable, non-toxic, cheap, and not injurious to 
fabrics. 
1 % solution may be used for steeping or spraying infested 
clothes. It becomes inodorous in 2-3 days and ceases to be 
insecticidal (Engelhardt). 
Expt 18: nits are killed by 25 minutes’ immersion in 3 % solution. 
Expts 152-153: nits and lice exposed to the vapour at 40-45° C. 
are killed in 10-15 minutes. Expts 101-102: mixed with other 
ingredients and applied as an'ointment to the skin, it is stated to 
be fairly efficient in abating louse-infestation. 
