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From: tjs@cbdkc1.UUCP ( Tom Stanions)
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Subject: Re: Mosquitoes, other nasties
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Date: Fri, 17-May-85 13:11:49 EDT
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In article <2389@mit-hermes.ARPA> jpexg@mit-hermes.ARPA (John Purbrick) writes:
>It's the season to be....bitten. What methods exist, apart from the application
>of diethyl-meta-toluamide (DEET) in large quantities, to protect oneself from 
>biting insects? In particular, are there any foods one can eat that would repel
>them? I have heard that garlic is exuded through the skin (and breath) and that
>insects dislike it, but that eating bananas will attract them. And there is a 
>company selling a product they call "skeeter tabs" that claim to be an "oral
>repellant"--has anyone tried it? And is it safe for humans, apart from its 
>effect on bugs? I'm more interested in this subject this year because I'm 
>going on a 10-day canoe trip in central Canada in July, and I can't see hauling
>a 55-gallon drum of Off along, nor do I want to hear my girlfriend's usual 
>remarks about how I have the aroma of a Sunoco station. Itching, of course, is
>no fun either.
>
>John Purbrick 
>{...decvax!genrad!  ...allegra!mit-vax!} mit-eddie!mit-hermes!jpexg

I don't have any offhand suggestion to stop you from being bitten.  But if you
should be we have found that a good dose of B-complex (natural off course)
will reduce the bump and stop the itching within minutes.

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