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contact only. Expt 282: sabadilla vinegar and balsam of Peru ex¬ 
erted but slight insecticidal effect when tested on man. Expt 355: 
sabadilla vinegar did not kill pubis immersed therein for 5 minutes. 
Expts 305, 308, 310: | % veratrine in vaseline applied to flannel 
with lice upon it and worn near the body killed the insects slowly and 
acted for a long period (not volatile like naphthaline). Expts 307, 
309: with Harrison’s pomade gave similar results to the foregoing. 
461. Soap, soft, for corporis. 
Black soap is recommended for hce in James’s Med. Diet. (1743, 
loc. cit.). 
Soft soap constitutes a valuable addition to naphthaline (Bacot 
and Copeman, see No. 429 (g)). It is commonly employed combined 
with carbohc acid, cresol, lysol, petroleum, etc. Care should be 
taken that it does not contain too much free alkali when it is used 
for application to the skin. Honck recommends it against hce, it 
being applied to the body after the shower-bath and then rinsed 
off; he treated 15 soldiers at a time in this way or 200 per day, 
the men resting on straw in a heated room till their clothes were 
returned dry and shaken from the steam disinfector. 
462. Soda solution, strong, for pubis. 
Recommended by Linacre 1 (Bryant, 1838). 
463. Staveacre, for capitis, corporis and pubis. 
Staveacre or louse-bane 2 is an ancient remedy for head-lice; it is 
mentioned by Plinv (1st century) in the Booh of Quinle Essence 
(1460-70), bv Sennertus (1572-1637), and others, as will be seen by 
reference to p. 516. It is recommended by some modern writers 
as an ointment or concentrated decoction for capitis and pubis 
(Nysten, 1858; Girard, 1885) or for corporis when added to oil 
(Frazer, 1885). 
Unguentum siapkisagriae (staveacre ointment) is an old remedy 
prepared as follows according to Brit. Pharm., 1914: staveacre 
seeds 20 g. are crushed and digested with benzoated lard (85 g.) 3 
1 Linacre died in 1524. 
2 The dried ripe seeds of Delphinium staphisagria L., having no marked odour; taste 
nauseous, acrid. 
3 Benzoated lard consists of prepared lard 1000 g., benzoin in coarse powder 30 g. 
Melt the lard at 60° C., stir in benzoin, strain and stir till cold. (Benzoin is a resinous 
solidified balsam from the incised stem of Styrax benzoin Dryand., the “Sumatra benzoin” 
of Commerce. Brit. Pharm.) Styrax or storax is an old louse remedy, vide Gilbert’s 
prescription (ca. 1510), p. 516. 
