, 1840-12-05
OLDRIDGE'S
BALM OF COLUMBIA.
an important Recent Chemical Discoueru
THE HUMAN lair


an Important Recent Chemical Discovery,
II HUMAN HAIR.
VTHERE the hair is observed to be growing thin,
nothing can be more prePosterous than the use
ofoils grease, or any fatty matter. Their application can
only be recommended through the grosest ignorance, a.
they hasten the fall Of the hair, by increasing the re-.
taxation Of the skin. When there is a harsh, dry, Or
contracted skin, and where the small blood vessels
which carry nourishment 10 the bulb are sbstructsd.
then the oils, &C., may be good, as they tend to relsI
the skin but alone, they are Of no avail. There must
be a stimulus, to rouse the vessels from their torpor.
and quicken the current Of the blood ,-Exfraet from
C~lrehughs Treatise on the hair.
The Balm Of Columbia is the only preparation that
can have that effect, being entirely free from any oily
substance. Its positive qualities are as follows:
lst-For infants, keeping the head free from scurf
and causing a luxurient growth of hair.
2d-For ladies' after a child birth, restoring the skin
to its natural strength and frmness and preventing the
falling out of the hair.
sd-For any person recovering from any debility tho
same effect IL produced.
4th-Ifusei in infancy till a good growth is started,
it may be preserved by attention to the latest period
Of life.
Shit frees the heard from dandruff. strengthens
The roots. imparts health and yigour to the circulation
and prevents the hair from changing colour or getting
gray.
6,h--Tt causes the HART to curl beautifully when done
up in IT over night.
III No ladies' toilet should ever be made without il.
7th-Children who have by any means contracted
vermin in the head, are Immediately and perfectly cured
of them by its use. IL is lnfallible.
From the Boston Chronicle, JAM, 10.
We see by an advertisement in another column that
Messrs. Comstock d CO., the American Agents for
Oldndge's Balm of Columbia, have deputies to sell that
article in Boston and elsewhere-We know a lady Of
this city whose hair was SO nearly gone as to expose
entirely her chronological developments, which. corsid.
cring that they betokened a most amiable disposition, was
not in reality very unfortunate. Nevertheless she
mourned the loss of locks that she had worn, and, az
ter 4 years fruItless resort to miscalled restsratiyes,
purchased some months GO, a bottle or Two Of Oldridge,s
Balm, and she has now ringlets in rich p~rofusion, glossy,
md of raven blackness. We are not pufing--none Of
the commOdt y has been sent TO US, and. indeed. we do
not want any, for though we were obliged to wear a wig
a year ago, we have now, through its virtue, hair enough.
and OF a passable quality, Of our own.
ROBERT WHARTON. Esq late Mayor of Phla.
delphia, has certified, as may be seen below, to the high
character Of the following gentlemen.
Tie undersigned do hereby certify that we have used
the Balm of Columbia discovered by J. Oldridge, and
have found it highly serviceable not only asa prevent.
i've agains, the falling off ofhair, but also u certain resto-
rdi'e. WM. THATCHER, senior,
Methodist Minister in ~. George charge,
No. Sc North Fifth-street,
JOHN P. ENGLISH, :'2l Arch street.
JOHN ID. THOMAS, VI. d. 163 Race st.
DIN :. FUREY, lOI Spruces It.
HUGH McCUEDY, 2i3 South eth st.
JOHN GARD, Jr. l23 Arch It.
The aged, AMI those who persist in wearing wigs
may not always experience its restorative qualities,
yes 1t will certainly raise its virtues in the estimation
OF the public, when il is known that three of the
above si-ner are more than 80 years of age, aId The
Others not less than ~.
from the Mayor
CNT"SNt'rTT as PENNsrLrAxn,
city at Philadelphia.
J, pBtHF WHARTON, Manor uf said city of
Fh'Ilicirhia. H. L,r'y orrti; that | am well &C.
IUrint.d with It--r- }. T.. In-LSh, John $. Furey,
So HUH N,tpr'y, Hho.a uamcs are signed to the
''.'" cef''.ca'c-. Iaat tary are gentleman of char
act I HTI rr-nrC t4h,.:y. aud a. such full credit should
b" gwen 10 tnr AID rrFiIarrte.
To- "itnrs- whereof, ! have hereunto set my band,
mt ''.n-ri the -fLl Of the city To be affixed, this
Is nth lay nf Drccmhsr &c.
ROBERT WHARTON, Mayor.
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