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IN NATURE, vol. xxii. p. 338, an inquiry is made as to the best means of preventing the attacks of mosquitoes, I am informed that the smell of American pennyroyal (Hedeoma pulegioides), when sufficiently strong, drives them away at once. A few drops of the essential oil extracted from this plant added to an ointment and rubbed upon the skin will secure relief from these pests; likewise a sleeping apartment may be freed from them by strewing about a quantity of the leaves of the plant; or by allowing a quantity of the essential oil to evaporate in it. European pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium) is said to be very similar, and might possibly have the same effect.
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VEEDER, M. Mosquitoes. Nature 22, 460–461 (1880). https://doi.org/10.1038/022460d0
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