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Item - Vintage Nickel Plated Hygienic Comb with advertising for Derbac Soap in Original Tin, Circa 1950s; complete with metal tool for cleaning the teeth of the comb.
Maker - Unknown
Marks - Cast with USE DERBAC SOAP and MADE IN ENGLAND to the rear (please see all photos).
Circa - 1950s
Construction - Nickel Plated
Country of Origin - England
Tin Dimensions - 2.75" by 2.25"
Weight - 79 gram
Condition - The Comb, Tin & Tool are in Very Good Used Conditio (please see all photos).
Other Interesting Points - In the 1920s the Sacker's (a Family of Barbers) developed a fine toothed metal comb capable or removing the egg & shells of head lice. However, it required a practised worker to perform the process effectively and fairly painlessly. Nurses in Schools continued to use the tool even after the introduction of insecticidal shampoos and lotions, to distinguish treated from untreated heads; School Nurses have carried out head inspections in Schools since 1890...I am sure some of us will remember with such fondness the visits from Nitty Nora the Bug Explorer!
Derbac soap was a black soap with a strong odour that was lathered into the hair and scalp and allowed to remain for 10 minutes, which in turn would immobilise the head lice but not immediately kill them this would happen over the next 24 hour period. It was widely recommended at the time by medical professionals that a weekly head wash using Derbac soap.
(Please see all Photos).
POSTAGE & PACKAGING
There is a charge of £3.00 for Postage and Packaging to all U.K. Residents (Standard Delivery), we will also ship Worldwide please check table below for delivery costs. If you have any questions please feel free to contact!
| Next Day UK Delivery | £9.00 |
| Signed For UK Delivery | £4.00 |
| Standard UK Delivery | £3.00 |
| Air Mail Europe | £8.00 |
| Air Mail Outside Europe | £12.00 |
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