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Re: [OM] Totally OT - Tick Removal

Subject: Re: [OM] Totally OT - Tick Removal
From: "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2011 12:21:31 -0500
Thanks, Rick.  I had a bite become infected last year.  Have been careful so 
far this year.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Rick Beckrich" <ribec@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Users List" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, July 01, 2011 11:48 AM
Subject: [OM] Totally OT - Tick Removal


> This comes to mind because I just pulled one out of the top
> of my foot last week. Wish I had heard of this trick:
>
> I had a friend tell me what she believes is the best
> way to remove a tick. It should work in those places where
> it's sometimes difficult to get to with tweezers:
> between toes, in the middle of a head full of dark hair, etc.
>
> "Apply a glob of liquid soap to a cotton ball. Cover the tick
> with the soap-soaked cotton ball and swab it for a few
> seconds (15-20), the tick will come out on its own and be
> stuck to the cotton ball when you lift it away. This
> technique has worked every time I've used it (and that
> was frequently, and it's much less traumatic for the
> patient and easier for me.."
>
> Back to the deck...
>
> Rick
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