barber's itch

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The street was delighted when he contracted the barber's itch.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then there is a man going blind with what The Suicide calls "the barber's itch."

From Time Magazine Archive

It's got the measles or barber's itch beat seven ways.

From Torchy, Private Sec. by Lincoln, F. Foster

Thus, one may catch venereal diseases, smallpox, measles, scarlet fever, chicken pox, mumps, bolls, body lice, ringworm, barber's itch, dhopie itch, and some other diseases.

From Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Infantry of the Army of the United States, 1917 To be used by Engineer companies (dismounted) and Coast Artillery companies for Infantry instruction and training by United States War Department

It is useful in chronic acne, and for lice, itch, barber's itch, etc.

From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson