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Chemical Scarecrow. To keep birds off window sills, ledges, etc., National Bird Control Laboratories of Skokie, Ill. put on the market a chemical in an aerosol container. The chemical, harmless to people and birds, will keep birds off any surface it is sprayed on. Price...
...quick-setting liquid plastic (aero-plast), sprayed from an aerosol bomb, makes a better dressing for wounds, and especially burns, than Vaseline gauze. It keeps body fluids in and keeps dirt and germs out; it seldom needs changing, and its transparency lets the surgeon look at the wound as often as he wants. Best of all, it can be applied by unskilled hands, so it can be kept handy in front-line aid stations, civil-defense posts, airplanes and crash ambulances...
...Sinus. A penicillin aerosol (spray) which, when inhaled, gives excellent results against inflammation of the sinuses, bronchitis, bronchial asthma and lung abscesses was described in the New York Journal of Medicine by famed asthma specialist Alvan L. Barach, of Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons...
...mixture of quick "knockdown" pyrethrum and DDT has been used in many preparations, notably the U.S. Army's "aerosol" insect bombs, now being sold to U.S. householders. But Activated DDT is supposed to penetrate an insect's chitin (outer skin) and reach its nervous system more surely than previous mixtures...
...flies, mosquitoes, bedbugs, roaches: Use a 5% DDT solution in kerosene, painted or sprayed on screens, walls, mattresses, under sinks, shelves. It is good up to six months but a fire hazard when first applied. Aerosol bombs are less effective than painting; although they kill all insects in sight, they leave no lasting deposit...