Excoriations of the thighs may be sprinkled with dried myrtle, cyperus,
and roses.
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COMMENTARY. See, in particular, Oribasius (Synops. v, 11); Aëtius (iv,
24); and Avicenna (i, 3, 1.) All recommend nearly the same astringent
applications for the intertrigo of infants.