I have been hunting and hunting for this book ever since this thread started.
Of course, it isnt until the Mister and I completely gut the downstairs den area, that I FIND IT..
I have a Van Noy Diary ( personal finance book ) printed in 1912.
In the back of it, it has many little chapters on how to 'Exterminate pests", and what to do "During Emergency Time" I thought its contents would be an interesting read .
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Exterminate the Pests
Roaches- Sprinkle powdered borax in all their runways. One ot rwo applications will do the work effectually. Try the same for other unwanted bugs.
Bed bugs- Visit all thier haunts with a strong solution of corrosive sublimate ( poison ) . Apply with a feather. Use a medicine dropper or fountain pen filler in some places. Repeat at frequent intervals.
House Flies- ( Taken mainly from Bulletin of the American Civic Association, Washington D.C.) Do away with their breeding places, dirt and filth of kids, manure, particularly horse manure-no filth no flies.
Use screens at all doors and wisndow; and screen all foods particularly fluids, fruits and salads such as are eaten with little or no cooking. Do not allow one fly to go unkilled . A few flies in the house at any time may mean thousands of flies later on . They multiply very rapidly. A striker consisting of a small piece of wire screen cloth attached to a handle will hit a dlu everytime. These killers are found at the five and ten cent store .
Drop carbolic acid on a hot surface. The vapor kills flies.
Dissolve one fram of bichromate of potash and a little sugar in two ounces of water. Distribute about the house in shallow dishes. A spoonfull of formalin or formaldehyde in a quarter of a pint of water answers the same purpose.
Burn pyretherum powder. This stupifies the flies when they may be swept and burned.
Danger from flies-
Flies do more then spread TB, typhoid fever, cholera infantum and other intestinal diseases then any other cause. A few germs in milk from the body of one fly may develop into millions and cause serious illness.
Do not forget that flies carry infection, contagion, and everything that is filthy and deadly. Either man kills flies or they kill man. Do not tolerate anything that comes into contact with a fly.
Emergency Times-
Choking- To expel body from the thraot, go on hands and knees and cough. The person may be suspended by the heels, and his back percussed. Draw the tongue forward and seize the body with a pair of forceps or a hook ( may be the size of a hair pin ) If out of sight may be pressed down with the finger or a smooth long rod with a rounded end, while the head is thrown back ; or work down from outside by pressure.
Bruises-
Apply quickly a hot fomentation. Renew every five minutes for an hour or two. Follow this with a tepid compress. This will prevent coch of the swelling soreness and discoloration.
Chimney on Fire-
Throw upon the fire in the stove or fireplace salt or sulpher.
Punctures or slight cuts-
Let bleed freely to remove poison, as the rust from a nail, etc. Wash with some disinfectant, as dilutes formalin or formaldehyde. Apply carbolic acid. Apply formentations.
Freezing-
Keep away from the fire. Rub with snow or cold wet clothes until the circulation is re-established. If apparently dead, practice artifical respiration. Do not give up for several hours. If in danger of freezing keep moving. Rub the affected parts to keep up circulation.
That's terrific, shewolf! And nice to know that we are all just part of a long line of folk determinably trying to control domestic bugs, afflictions & irrtitations!
