Scabies: 20 minutes of hand holding for a Seven Year Itch
I need a scientific name…. Sarcoptes scabiei var homiinis. Known as ‘mange’ in animals this mite has been irritating humans since the dawn of time. Hieroglyphics from Ancient Egypt demonstrate the symptoms of scabies and there is a description of a skin irritation which is thought to be scabies in Aristotle’s writing from the 4th […]