Greensborough Patriot
February 19, 1863
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THE
A gentleman who has had much experience in the treatment of that loathsome disease, the itch, furnishes the following recipe for its cure:
For the benefit of our
soldiers suffering with camp itch, if you think proper you may publish the
following: Take iodide of potassium 60
grains, lard 2 ounces, mix well, and after washing the body well with warm soap
suds, rub the person three times a week.
In seven or eight days the acarus, or itch insect, will be
destroyed. In this recipe the horrible
effects of the old sulphur ointment are obviated.
[Transcribed
by Sharon Strout]