Chiggers and Fleas ca 1890 "Hyposulphite of soda is frequently used for chigger bites. It can be purchased at most drug stores, and is not expensive. Dissolve it in water, making a nearly saturated solution, and bathe the spots where chiggers have burrowed. In order to ward off chiggers on the arms, feet and other parts of the body likely to be exposed should be bathed in the solution and allowed to dry without wiping. Having taken proper precautions in this manner one can traverse the worst infested thickets with impunity. It is well to renew the wash every day or two. Fleas can be drive out by sprinkling salt on ground and other places where they gather." Edna