How does blue unction kill off pubic lice?

“Blue unction” or “blue ointment” is a treatment both for body lice and for pubic lice, used extensively by soldiers in the First World War. It had been used in civilian life for decades before. read more

“Blue unction” or “blue ointment” is a treatment both for body lice and for pubic lice, used extensively by soldiers in the First World War. It had been used in civilian life for decades before. A recipe for the ointment from 1824 gives the ingredients as: 24 oz purified quicksilver (i.e. mercury), 23 oz lard, 1 oz suet. read more