In a message dated 9/11/04 12:26:33 AM Central Daylight Time, 
[email protected] writes:

>  CS by itself cannot 
> penetrate tissue.

Are you certain of that Sol?  I've used plain homemade CS topically on my 
Mom's dog.  She gets a skin condition (infection?) every summer that itches, 
and 
she'll scratch it so much that she takes off her own hair.  If my Mom 
religiously applies the CS, the itching goes away, the skin normalizes and the 
hair 
grows back.  Left unattended, the condition spreads.     MA