Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-05-17

uoh ouO INC Otucf 10 eXC1Le the vigorous action
Of the skin. 1t follows that whilst surface
brushing should be done gently, SO as not to
tear the roots of the hair, when the skin is to be
penetrating. Therefore Mr.. Erasmus Wilson
considers that the pros and cons of the ques-
ton are pithily summed up in the axiom of a
hairdresser OF Bristol, who says that "The head
little.''
To preserve the hair in health, it should be
daily well brushed; 1t should be washed once a
week in soap and water, and occasionally one
Of the oils or light greases may be applied with
advantage. II the hair shows a tendency to
weakness, proper attention is required to arrest
the evil, otherwise premature badness will fol-
as hopeless as people imagine. The fan
OF hair may be arrested In many in
stances by adequate internal and exter-
nal treatment, and new hair may be pro-
The hair should be plunged into cold water
morning and night, then thoroughly dried and
rubbed, and afterwards brushed until redness
appears. 1t Is said that when the skin does not
become req, put remains white, dead, and shin
ing, the case is hopeless, and then further Eff
forts are useless. On the contrary. when
beatty sd n glow readily occurs the case may be
stimulants should be daily applied After the
aboye process, such as Will operate mod.
erately on the skin and excite tonic
action without clogging the pores. Of
this kind .,a are strong rosemary water, or
garden thyme, which may be rendered more ac-
tive by the addition Of little ammonia or a.
cohol. The skin Of the head may be moistenoa
with any Of these lotions whenever the hair IL
dressed, and its action should be assisted by the
use OF clean hair-brush. Strong black tea,
with little tncture Of cantharides, has been
said to be very beneficial. The occasional en-
pIoyment Of bland Oil, impregnated with oil
of rosemary, or 0riganum, or mace, IL often OF
service, when there Is dryness of the hair and
poOrness Of the blood. In severe ablutions moro
complete, and the preparations used considera-
bly, stronger.
Mr.. Erasmus Wilson pointed out long ago,
that the local treatment OF weak and falling
hair and badness consisted in the principle Of
excitati0n or stimulation Of the skin. Those
who profess to restore hair have recourse to
different methods, all pointing to the same
direction. An old lady who practices the art Of
nair restoring in London, is said to place the
every part or 1t until Il Is effectuslly stimulated
another administers blisterinR powder; and a
third uses fluid irritants. All take differe Mt
paths, and In their ignorance Of the philosophy
Of medicine, each one believes himself to be
exclusively right. because he achieves em-
pirically what the physician accompanies
one Of the most favorite ingredients in the
specifics prepared by hairdressers IL canthari-
DIES, or Spanish fly. or canth aridine. its extract
which, in reality, p0sseeees some Of the proper
ties attributed to II. This drug has been recon
mended for the purpose by some eminent ply
sicians and surgeons, among whom may Be
ranked the celebrated Baron Dupuytren. DIR.
COPELAND has found Peruvian balsam, mixed