Myiasis (for which it is necessary) from)
Historical document, translated for reference. It reflects medical knowledge of the 1920s–30s and is not medical advice.
Summary
This article discusses myiasis, a condition caused by fly larvae infesting living animals. It describes methods for detecting and treating infestations, including the use of chemical agents to kill larvae and prevent secondary infections.
Encyclopedia article (1928–1936)
Myiasis, for which it is necessary) from below (timely detection of larvae). Patients with this disease should be examined periodically and thoroughly. The larvae are extremely sensitive to sulfuric ether and chloroform. In ether and chloroform water (2:100), they remain alive for only one minute. In cases where larvae are in the nasal cavities or frontal sinuses, it is necessary to wash with chloroform water or creolin (2:100), after which these cavities must be washed with water to remove the dead larvae. From wounds in animals, larvae are first removed with tweezers, then the bottom of the wound is thoroughly scraped and the edges are leveled; since such removal of larvae is insufficient and in the depths of the wound there may remain passages with unnoticed larvae in them, the wounds are additionally washed with lysol or abundantly sprinkled with naphthalene (naphthalene and lysol also protect wounds from secondary infection with larvae).
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“Myiasis (for which it is necessary) from).” Soviet Medical Encyclopedia. English translation of Bolshaya Meditsinskaya Entsiklopediya, 1st ed. (Moscow, 1928–1936), ed. N. A. Semashko. https://sovietmedicalencyclopedia.pages.dev/article/myiasis-2/