Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1849-08-20
IMPORTANT DIScoyEpy


-. "rokTANT DISCOVERY.
a discovery, most mporian, and ;,,er.s,,,,, 10
80, ~ Oh gentlemen of a certain aee. is an
~ tue siehmond Republican. in n man
"e' 70 ,tsfe The fullest confidence in is cbarac-
'er' rom the earleit ages, strange 10 saw The
aoSen,e 0, hair on the top OF the head has been
'o,iSiaeiea a personal misfortune If no, n defor-
mlty. TO up, thou bald head > was the mock
ing ADDRESS 10 the prophet Elisha of the wicked
NUT cnlldren out OF the city" The first and
greatest Cesar was ashamed of his hairless scalp.
and delighted more in the laurel crown voted bs
The Senate IN that II covered his baldnes. ,han
rom the reflection that il was the reward of dis.
un8aished military services The attention Of
the learned physologista and OF the ignorant ouack
mas long been directed to the reproduction of the
human nan. More experiments have not been
made IN renovat'ng Worn out lands than in capiI-
larry culture. Success has crowned the efforts of
the enterprsing in one case. Our own State
testihes TO the iact, by many an acre of old field
converted, by Judcious appliances, into fertile
SOIL fehuneratlng, by lis production the laboi of
lne aSrieuiturlst. But "all appliances and means
TO boot have been in vain, so far as the head of
man Is concerned. Q the multitude of "Restora-
tivcS' offered TO the public, our advertising col
umns, from,time TO time have displayed the in-
failioility, IN the choicest eoquence of quackery
ana yet, from the want of faith we suppose in
The virtue OF the various nostrums rejoicing many
Oh mem, III the most sonorous and learned names,
palaheSS still exsts-nay is on the increase.
But we rejoice that better day has dawned
A benefactor has arisen. If bald head be on-
ger sported in company, it will evidently be from
love OF slngularltv, or an exaggerated conserva-
tlsm, The progressive Democracy will every
where hail the discovery with delight and certain
~ not with the less because it comes from the
Tenth Legion.
But we must no longer dc,an the reader from
the article in the Republican.
1--WE have often heard Of 'res'ordtces' fr the human
holr, but have never yet known of anything which ae-
naly restored hair 10 those who bald, until dis
covtty lately brought into reqnison, i'll this city by Mr.
NJ w Ise, OF Rockingham county, Va.
MI " ise who is tanner by trade, has been expert
meniing for several years by attempting 10 prolncs
growth Of hair where badness existed. having taken M
the idea thit such Thing might be poss bic tm close
observance OF the appearance of the pores osks from
which The har had been extracted prior 10 tanning lie
discovered thai after crop Of hair had been extracted
there was second sot Of below those which were
drawn out of the upper pores of The skin and this peculiar
formation OF the skin of an animal he thought not unlikely
oexisI IN the human head. Hence il occurred to him
that II the skin the head Of person could be soened
and the lower reached with the night kind pi in
yigoratng application, growth Of hair would be
produced la this, il seems, Mr. Wise correct, and
since his short sioun in Richmond, many Of our citl'
Gems have had oecular demonstrations of the truth of his
supposhln
lie has now been in The city about six weeks, or two
months during which Time he has experimental up N
the bald heads Of at least dozen persons, pi whom
had been bald for years Strange 10 say, he has been
successful IN producing growth of hair upon NEARLY
II not quite, all Of them W hen he first t. Rich
mond, and tod what he could accomplish Mr.. Wise was
laughed at, and it was with difficulty he could get head
10 experiment on. Ihuse, however who were at first
the greatest skeptcs the frmest believers in the
virtue OF his discovery.
Wei have onrself seen and luxuriant growths Of
hair upon the heads Of several of citizens whom
knew 10 be almost entirely bald short time since. In
most cases, the bar has made its appearance eight
nine days after Mr. W se's first application and, in one
instance only about four days elapsed before the hai
began II grow.
Mr.. Wlse,we suppose will remain in Richmond some
weeks longer, as h has under his trealme
Der of bald heads"
MIR. Wisc's fortune is made. His discovery
will realize to him more than would his personal
labor IN the gold diggns of the Sacramento.
VIRGINIA AND TENNESSEE RAIL ROAD.
Our readers are aware that a clerical error ex-
ISIS IN the bill subscribing, the part of the
State for three GcthS of the stool. Of orr II all