5484. Baker's Itch

5484.    Baker's Itch. This disease is of common occurrence on the hands of bakers; hence the vulgar name. The treatment is as follows: Frequent ablution in warm water, keeping the bowels open with saline purgatives, and the nightly use of the ointment given in No. 4957 will generally effect a cure. Salt food should be avoided as much as possible, as well as keeping the hands covered with dough and flour; the latter being the cause of the disease.

5485. Remedy for Tetter, Ringworm, and Scald-Head

5485.      Remedy for Tetter, Ringworm, and Scald-Head. Take 1 pound simple cerate; sulphuric acid, 1/4 pound; mix together, and it will bo ready for use.

5486. Remedy for the Tetter

5486.    Remedy for the Tetter. Dissolve 1 ounce sulphuret of potash in 1 quart of cold soft water; put it into a bottle and keep it tightly corked. Bathe the eruption 5 or 6 times a day, with a sponge dipped in a lit-tle of this solution. If the tetter reappear in cold weather, repeat the treatment. This is an excellent remedy.

5487. Remedy for Barber's Itch and Tetter

5487.    Remedy for Barber's Itch and Tetter. A simple and effectual cure. Moisten the part affected with saliva (spittle) and rub it over thoroughly three times a day with the ashes of a good Havana segar. Simple as this remedy may appear, it has cured the most obstinate cases.

5488. To Cure Ring-worm

5488.      To Cure Ring-worm. To 1 part sulphuric acid, add 16 to 20 parts water. Use a brush or feather, and apply it to the parts night and morning. A few dressings will generally cure. If the solution is too strong, dilute it with more water; and if the irritation is excessive, rub on a little oil or other softening application; but always avoid soap.

5489. Cure for Ring-worm

5489.      Cure for Ring-worm. Wash the head with soft-soap every morning, and apply the following lotion every night: 1 drachm, sub-carbonate of soda, dissolved in 1/2 pint of vinegar.

5490. To Cure Pimples and other Eruptions of the Skin

5490.      To Cure Pimples and other Eruptions of the Skin. Never tamper with any breaking-out on the skin; even though it be a single red spot, do not apply to it so simple a thing as water, hot or cold, but let it alone, and omit a meal or two ; if it does not abate, consult a physician. If one is not at hand, then live on half allowance until it disappears.

5491. Glyconine, or Glycerine Varnish for Cutaneous Affections

5491.     Glyconine, or Glycerine Varnish for Cutaneous Affections. Take yolk of egg, 4 parts by weight; rub in a mortar with 5 parts glycerine. Applied to the skin it forms a varnish which effectually excludes the air, and prevents its irritating effects. It is unalterable (a specimen having laid exposed to the air for 3 years unchanged), and is quickly removed by water. These properties render it serviceable for erysipelas and cutaneous affections, of which it allays the action. It is also very valuable for soothing the irritation resulting from burns.