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Nina Allen Gird, M.D.
Bonsall, Calif

J Am Med Assoc. 1919;73(8):628.

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To the Editor:

—Having had some experience with Leptus autumnalis, harvest bug, or mower's mite, last fall, I thought some one might be able to profit by a treatment for this most disagreeable insect's bite which I accidentally discovered. The mite was very prevalent in our neighborhood, and was found for some time in the hay. Men working about the barns, feeding stock, were badly bitten. The insect burrows under the skin and makes an extremely itchy area surrounding the point of entrance. Having tried all the remedies spoken of in available books, to no relief, I used kerosene to remove some very greasy ointment which had been applied with no results. Immediate relief followed the application of the kerosene. Later, I found that if a person washed the parts affected with a cloth wet in kerosene as soon as the first itching was noticed, or before the mite had . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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