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At Aruba, the Stewart's master obtained medical advice and skin lotion
before sailing for Boston. But the itch did not diminish. Four days at sea,
the master, scratching along with everyone else, radioed his problem to ->•
Jersey Standard headquarters at New York.
Doctors Investigate. a. i. j j. t> ^
A doctor from the company's medical staff was dispatched to Boston.
After his consultation with the U.S. Public Health Service, with an eminent
skin specialist and the Department of Tropical Medipne at Harvard Uni
versity, the crew members were examined by a panel of the medical men.
Many of the doctors thought the crew members were suffering from
scabie'', a skin disorder caused by mites, but the Jersey Standard doctor
disagreed. The Stewart was a clean ship, he pointed out, and no mites
were found aboard. Then, too, ointments that usually clear up scabies had
no effect on the sailors' itch. Meanwile, reports of sinular maladies began
pouring in from other ships coming from the Gulf of
Seep docked at Baton Rouge, La., with all hands
master of the L. J. Drake reported a moth attack
results among his crew. Then, somewhat later, the W.C. Teagle went
through an allout battle with the butterflies.
"according to the American Museum of Na'urd
longed to the genus Hylesia. And Harvard_ Medica dislodged. "When
they have finely barbed hairs or spines station by rubbing some
a Harvard professor produced thecharacteristic ^ enough for
of the moth fuzz on his arm, the accumulated evidence was
Jersey Standard's marine and medical faj- gg possible, if
ports. "They advised tanker captains to a sharp look-
forced to anchor near Maturin Bar aftei ' 4. +q all hands",
out; and, upon sighting moths, to issue sulfur omt jgngsleeved shirts
Today, if the foe appears, crews are also oideied into
with the admonition that the temporary discomfo shown only slight
able to the itch. Luckily, however, he moths have shown y
interest in tankers since_ the beagle ordeak follow the lead
If their interest revives, it s certain have been acquaint-
of Irapa, a town on the Gulf of Paria, whose residents have been q
ed with Hylesia far longer that the town decrees a total
In Irapa, when the butterflies come J? t_' they shut down the local
blackout. And just to make sure the order sticl , (utt Esso-News)
power plant. ..
In Magazine Digest van Sept. lezen wu butterflies over-
Once, when a cloud of millions of ^ the crew became almost
whelmed the tanker "Saguaro in ' ujch filtered into shirt
frantic trying to brush off crawhng ttogs wluc^ Wte^
?Xlintrirr%"u\%asr»^^ aching. Alarmed, the
°van"ifycK, atropical -efcine authority^ i^^^
contributed his knowledge. In a message to the alcohol and talc to
"The rash and itching are nothing serious. Apply oil. alcohol and talc to
all affected parts. Relief should be quick . rnon wat? cured
Within two days, the butterfly scare was over and every man was cured.
Het taovenstaande werd ontvangen van Kapitein C. G. ^
onlangs aan boord van het s.s. „Matilde" te Coloncha soortgelijke ervarm-
gen heeft opgedaan met dit type vlinder.