, 1840-09-05
OLDRIDGE,S. .a
BALM OF COL
An Important Recent Chemical Discovery.


An Important Recent Chemical Discovery.
THE HUMAN HAIR.
VXTHERE the hair is observed to b growing thin,
" nothing car be moro preposterous than the use
Of oils grease, or any fatty matter. Their application can
only be recommended through the grosest ignorance, as
they hasten the fall of the hair, BY increasing the re-
taxation of the skin. When there il 4 harrh, dry, q
contracted skin, and where the small blood vessels
which carry nourishment to the bulb are obstructed,
then the oils, Nc, may be good. as they tend to relax
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 from
Ciirehughs Treatise on the hair.
The Balm Of Columbia 10 the only preparation that
can have that effect. being entirely Tree from any oily
substa nce. Its positive qualities are Is follows:
lst-For infants. keeping the head free from scurf,
and causing q loxurient growth Of hair.
2d-For ladies' after . child birth, restoring the skin
to its natural strength and 6rmness and preventing tho
falling out of the hair.
sd-For any person rseovsring from any debility the
4ih--Ifused in infancy till q good growth is started.
it may be preserved by attention to the latest period
Of life.
Shit frees the heard from dandruf. strengthens
the roots. impaIts health and vigour to the circulation
and prevents the hair from changing colour or getting
gray.
Shit causest the hair to curl beautifully when done
up in it over night.
~ No ladies' toilet should ever be made without il.
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vermin in the head, are Immediately and perfectly cured
Of them by its use. II is ~infallible.
From the Boston Chronicle, Jan, 10.
We see by an advertisement in another column that
Messrs. Comstock q Co., the American Agents for
Oldrldge'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, consid-
ering that they beiokened q most amiable disposition, was
not in reality very unfortunate. Nevertheless she
mourned The loss of locks that she had worn, and. af-
ter a years fruitless resort 10 miscalled restoratives,
purchaser some months go. q bottle or two Of Olcrdges
Balm, and she has now ~ringlets in rich Profusior,, glossy.
and Of raven blackness. We are not pufing--none OF
the commod ty has been sent To us, and, indeed. VIC do
not want any, for though we were obliged to wear a wig
q year agu. 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 follnwing gentlemen.
The undersigned do hereby certify that we have used
the BALM Of Columbia discovered by j. Oldridge, aid
have found il highly serviceable not only asa prevent
i've against the falling of Of hair, but also u certain resto.
rau,e WM. THATCHER, senior,
Methodist Minister in 81 George charge,
No. Sc North Fifth street,
JOHN P. INGLISH, :2I Arch street.
JOHN ID. THOMAS, VI ID. l63 Race st.
JOHN 5 FUREY. l0l Spruce st.
HUGH MotURDY. 243 south eth st.
JOHN GARD. J. l23 Arch It.
The aged, and those who persist in wearing wig.
may not Away experience its restorative qualities.
yes it will certainly raise its virtue, in the e.tlma'ion
"f the pnbiic. when il is known that tnree Of the
above signer are more than 81 yesr. of age, and the
others not less than ~
(Fom the Mayor
COMMONWEALTH or PExxsYLvAxr.,
City OF Phi.sdclrhia
l, ROBERT WHARTON, Msy"I "f said city Of
Pniindelphia. d" hereby ceItif, that ] am veil so-
quaintrd with Nr,.r- J. p. lnslIsh. John :. Fufey,
and Hugh McCurdy. whose names are signed To the
ab"se certificates, that they are gentleman of char.
actrr aud respectabIlity, aud as such full credit should
oe gwen 90 the said certificate.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand,
and canned the seal VI the city To be affixed, this
L.-S sixth day Of December &c.
ROBERT WHAR TON, Mayor.
o. For sale by DR.. T. S. WATERS & co.
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