Itching

The apothecary suggests you try…

Camphor

This lotion developed from the camphor tree was used to ease skin irritation and eliminate itching.

Widow Read’s Ointment

A salve for lice and itching concocted by none other than Benjamin Franklin’s mother-in-law, made famous by the ads Old Ben ran for it in the Pennsylvania Gazette. 

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