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AN ANTIDOTE TO INSECT-BITES

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Charles Stevenson
Charles Stevenson
Affiliation:
Montreal.
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During a trip to Paraguay to strudy the mosquito pest, Prof. Voges, the Director of the National Board of Health at Buenos Ayres, accidentally discovered a remedy for mosquito bites. He had a supply of all kinds of substances, among which was naphthalene, a chemical of no use whatever against the mosquito itself. A surprising result was produced on rubbing this chemical ou mosquito bites. Even when the part stung was greatly inflamed, it had the effect of neutralizing the insect-poison. By rubbing it on the spot immediately after a person has been bitten, the swelling that usually follows does not arise.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 33 , Issue 9 , September 1901 , pp. 248
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1901

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