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So we were talking about lice tonight at work and I search online for info on treatments and found the following:
Interesting Facts
~Infestations have been documented since the beginning of recorded time.
~According to the Holy Bible, A plague of lice was brought upon man and beast throughout the land of Egypt.
~Desiccated head lice and eggs have been found on scalps of Egyptian mummies, and Incan Princes.
~In Ancient Mexico, the Aztecs offered lice to Montezuma, and Montezuma paid people to pick nits off subjects. He dried the nits, and saved them in his treasury.
~Women of Northern Siberia threw lice at their men as a sign of affection.
~In the Tonga, kids eat their parent's head lice as a sign of respect.
Interesting Treatments
~In the 16th Century BCE, Egyptian nobles used date flour on the scalp to treat lice.
~In 23-79 CE, Pliny, a Greek naturalist, prescribed the application of viper broth to the scalp and body.
~In the 1700's wigs were popular with men and women as a way to hide their lice infested heads, or their baldness after shaving their heads to get rid of it.
~W.C. Coles in 1657 book Adam in Eden, or Nature's Paradise, oil from hyssop "killeth lice".
~In 1681 Nick Culpepper The English Physician Enlarged recommended tobacco juice to kill lice on children's heads.
~At the beginning of the 20th Century, herbal remedies were popular including tobacco leaves, larkspur, and chrysanthemums.
~During WW II, synthetic DDT was introduced as a treatment.
~Vodka applied to the hair is a common treatment in some poor Russian countries.
Just thought I'd share...lol
Interesting Facts
~Infestations have been documented since the beginning of recorded time.
~According to the Holy Bible, A plague of lice was brought upon man and beast throughout the land of Egypt.
~Desiccated head lice and eggs have been found on scalps of Egyptian mummies, and Incan Princes.
~In Ancient Mexico, the Aztecs offered lice to Montezuma, and Montezuma paid people to pick nits off subjects. He dried the nits, and saved them in his treasury.
~Women of Northern Siberia threw lice at their men as a sign of affection.
~In the Tonga, kids eat their parent's head lice as a sign of respect.
Interesting Treatments
~In the 16th Century BCE, Egyptian nobles used date flour on the scalp to treat lice.
~In 23-79 CE, Pliny, a Greek naturalist, prescribed the application of viper broth to the scalp and body.
~In the 1700's wigs were popular with men and women as a way to hide their lice infested heads, or their baldness after shaving their heads to get rid of it.
~W.C. Coles in 1657 book Adam in Eden, or Nature's Paradise, oil from hyssop "killeth lice".
~In 1681 Nick Culpepper The English Physician Enlarged recommended tobacco juice to kill lice on children's heads.
~At the beginning of the 20th Century, herbal remedies were popular including tobacco leaves, larkspur, and chrysanthemums.
~During WW II, synthetic DDT was introduced as a treatment.
~Vodka applied to the hair is a common treatment in some poor Russian countries.
Just thought I'd share...lol
