Show I 11 POISON IVY VJ With the arrival of ot the plen season Dr James M. M Couch the of animal indus United States department t of at a culture stated in a recent ra rad talk that the specific poison i poison Ivy is a compound rela to phenol carbolic acid knas know knos as and that ti thi method of at protection and of at trea tre trea ment must be based on this f fat l Ho suggests that a person en tive to the poison should batho bathe 1 i exposed skin with a 5 per ce ci solution of ferric chloride in in- mixture of at equal parts of wat and glycerol before going near t weed This solution conveys su IU protection against t poison Another protective aol iol 0 tion to be used similarly Is il a aper aper a aper per cent solution of ferrous sulfa sull copperas in water American In discussing this sa that the materials may ba be o 0 tamed at any drug store After exposure washing with j alkaline soap particularly yeU laundry soap neutralizes solves the poison and it if done s sen se enough after exposure is in preventing a rash Various o o agen agents ts also destroy ti 11 poison by converting it into harmless resin according to I P Couch and of ot these the most e f e is a 5 per cent solution potassium permanganate in wa wati wata The brown stains made by perm perma can be easily removed fro Ira the skin by washing with w WM wee oxalic acid solution 1 per cent centor centor or with solutions of ot phot hypo or sodium I |