Gr. H. F. Nuttall 
527 
Kef. 
No. 
392. Cresol solution, for corporis in clothing. 
With 50 litres of 2 % solution Legendre steeped the underclothes 
of 62 men; the clothes were wrung out after 10 minutes (to econo¬ 
mize the cresol) and then rinsed twice in water and hung up to dry. 
The lice (and nits?) are stated to have been killed. 
Blankets should be steeped 24 hrs in 5 % solution and then dried 
and stored 2-4 weeks according to Freemantle as cited by Dore. 
(It is evident that the steeping or storage period alone would be 
sufficient.) 
Expt 19: 1^ % solution kills lice when immersed therein for 
1 hr. Expts 154-156: the vapour had no effect on nits in 12 hrs. 
Expt 254: the vapour near the human body was resisted by lice 
for 13 hrs. Expts 81-82: lice survived 3 days on blankets sprayed 
with 5-7J % solution, but were killed in 1 day by 10 % solution. 
Cresol is too costly for this purpose. 
393. Cresol powder 3-5 %, for corporis in bandages. 
Talc or wood powder (oak or beech) serves as the vehicle. 
Recommended by Swoboda. 
Expt 64: 3 % powder had no effect on nits after 3 hrs. 
394. Cresol ointment 3 %, for capitis and corporis. 
After a bath rub the ointment on the hairy parts of the body and 
brush down with petroleum-lysol-soap emulsion (see No. 455 a). 
A not very logical form of treatment advocated by Adler- 
Herzmark. 
395. Cresol-soap solution, for corporis on the body, clothes, boots and 
leather effects. 
Copeman recommends the solution (L| oz. Jeyes’ fluid, 1| lbs 
soft soap and 10 gallons of water), having used it for months on 
troops at Crowborough Camp with good results. The men bathed, 
then lathered themselves with the solution, especially over the 
hairy parts, and allowed the lather to dry upon them. Shirts were 
washed in a solution made with boiling water, and the lather was 
rubbed in especially along the seams of tunics and trousers where 
it was allowed to dry. 
5 % cresol-soap solution poured into vats is used for soaking 
clothes that are weighted down by stones. After steeping for 2 hrs 
the clothes, boots or leather articles are hung up to dry (Uhlenhuth 
and Olbrich). It may be usefully applied to the body (Kisskalt). 
Cresol-soap solution (carbolic acid coefficient 10-12) is supplied 
