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No. 
Lelean quotes the same recipe but does not mention Moore. Dore 
found it very effective on clothes. 
411. A mixture of Hg. ammoniati and soft soap (2 : 1) is recommended 
for smearing the seams of clothing, these being afterwards ironed. 
For corporis (Dore). 
412. Mercury, bichloride, for capitis, corporis and pubis. 
Its use against lice was advocated by Ardonus (cit. p. 517) and 
van Ooteghem (1836, see bibb). For pubis “lOg.in a bath” are used, 
the immersion lasting half an hour, according to Railliet. For 
capitis in adults, where the lesions are usually dry, and for pubis, 
Dubreuilh and Beille advise the use of 1 : 1000 or 1 : 500 solutions 
applied after soaping and degreasing the hair. When few capitis are 
present, Borne deems a 1: 4000 solution sufficient, the head being 
well soaped and washed. For pubis Plique prescribes sublimate 
compresses applied after a bath, the patient being in bed; when the 
lice are dead, shave the hair and watch the case for some days. 
Whilst Teske recommended the application of sublimate solution to 
the skin for corporis as a preventive, Widmann found that a 7 % 
solution does not prevent the insects from biting, and Kisskalt as 
well as Meltzer tried it and found it useless. A. G. Levy is cited by 
Shipley as advising the spraying of a 1:1000 solution on clothing, 
but there is no evidence that this procedure is of the slightest use. 
Expts 76-78: lice and nits survive 2 hrs but are killed after 
8 hrs contact with a surface moistened with 1 : 1000 solution. 
413. Mercury, bichloride, and glycerinated water, for pubis. 
Recommended by Rabe, the solution containing 0-2 % sublimate. 
Oppenheim, however, already pointed out in 1908 that this solution 
acts slowly and is not trustworthy in bad cases; it may produce 
mercurial stomatitis and dermatitis in some persons. 
Expt 42: corporis nits were killed by 1 minute’s immersion at 
21° C. Expt 257: some pubis survived 4 minutes’ immersion at 
ca. 16° C. Temperature will doubtless play a considerable part in 
the rate at which the lice are killed. 
414. Mercury, bichloride, and vinegar (sublimate vinegar), for capitis, 
corporis and pubis. 
For capitis it constitutes an old tried remedy, being applied after 
the head has been well soaped and washed. Dubreuilh and Beille 
refer to the “Copenhagen recipe” as containing 2 : 1000 sublimate. 
Mense prescribes a strength of 1 : 300 for capitis, corporis and pubis, 
