3. Kerosene oil is a cheap and excellent application; it also removes dandruff: Rub lightly upon the scalp for one or two nights and follow in the morning by a shampoo of soap and water. To destroy the nits apply hot vinegar every other day.
4. Wash hair and scalp thoroughly with a good soap, then saturate hair with hot vinegar and tie up securely. Repeat for a few days.
HAIR TONICS.
| 1. Resorcin, | gr. xlviij (3 gm.); |
| Glycerin, | fʒij (8 c.c.); |
| Alcohol (50 per cent.), | f℥ij (60 c.c.). |
| Rub into the scalp each night. | |
2. Tincture of cantharides, fʒij (8 c.c.); Tincture of nux vomica, f℥ss (15 c.c.); Tincture of capsicum, fʒj (4 c.c.); Bay rum, f℥ij (60 c.c.). Rub into the scalp at night.
3. Tincture of cantharides, fʒij (8 c.c.); Quinin bisulphate, gr. xx (1.3 gm.); Bay rum, f℥iv (120 c.c.); Rain-water or distilled water, f℥iv (120 c.c.). Rub into the scalp each night.
FOR MATTED HAIR.
Use white vaselin freely each day. Untangle the ends and work gradually toward the scalp.
THERMOMETRY.
In the Fahrenheit scale there are 180 degrees between the melting-point of ice and the boiling-point of water. In the Centigrade scale there are 100 degrees between the freezing and boiling point of water.