The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-02-26

cases, is debilitated and weakened by the
presence of the virus of scrofula, or when
the constitution has been shattered by ma
larial and anti-periodic feYers and pros
tating contagious diseases. On the con-
trary I do most heartily recommend them,
because I know that there is such thing as
purifying, enrichlDg aud Strengthening the
blood. But do so as assistants always.
The force of my medication and that of
every successful practitioner must be di-
rected to the seat of the trouble, the skin
or scalp surface. 1t is the dishonest part
Of this blood purifier business that | con-
demn.e TIL poisonous remedies, born of
ignorance and cupidity, thus foisted upon
an innocent public | mean to pursue until
| have driven them out of existence.
A SENSIBLE CURE.
If | have appeared severe upon my
brethren of the medical profession, have
not been unjustly so towards physicians
who adhere TO practices at variance with
reason and common sense, and, withal,
lamentable failures. Pernicious doctrines,
like cancers, must be removed root and
branch, though some blood be spilled in
the operation.
have passed through all the various
modes of practice current among medical
men, and have arrived at these conclu-
sions: l. That the vascular, pustular,
and scaly forms of skin diseases herein
referred to cannot be cured by internal
remedies, as principals. They are not of
themselves diseases Of the blood, but Of the
oil glands, tubes and cells Of the true skin.
2. They are durable entirely by external
remedies, as principals. if the proper ones
are applied. with or without the assistance
Of internal remedies, dependent upon the
constitutional symptoms present. To find
the proper ones has been weary task [
here assert that no ointment, salve, cerate,
lotion, or compound. for external applica-
ton, to be found in the nlate11a qnedica of
the school and colleges of medicines, and
there are thousands of them, will certainly
cure case of chronic salt-rheum. psoria-
sis, or leprosy,-no, not even dandruff and
simple scaly affections. | have tried them
with all the care and experience suggested
by liberal education, but with uniform
failure IN every case, as to specific curative
properties Hence, when Messrs. Weeks
| & Potter, Chemists and Druggists, of
| Boston, informed me that for eight years
| they had been experimenting in dlstilla-
! ton, and had succeeded in preparing from
original substances, never, they believed.
| before used ia medicine. pre- paratlon that
they considered an infallible cure for every
| kind of skin disease proper (meaning the
vascular, pustular, and scaly), from chron-
| ic salt-rheum to dandruff, | felt bound in
Justice to suffering humanity to test the
/ truth Of this statement, and either in
dOrse or expose it, as it proved worthy or
unworthy. Accordingly, | received a
quantity of the remedy, and was made IA
miliar with The mode Of preparations
The name given this remarkable product
is Cuticura, from cutiS, the skin, and cura
a cure,-a skin cure. In practice | found
it to possess wonderful curative properties
as they exist in no other remedy to be
| found in the preparations of the day
| Vegetable products hitherto unattainable
| by chemical manipulation yielded to thu
process adopted by them. Their extraction
by distillation in the form of vapor anc
condensation to the consistence of Jelly
from a process ranking as a remarkable
discovery worthy a conspicuous place il
the history OF medicine and pharmacy.
SOOTHING AND HEALING
" Cuticura, when used as directed, is won
dertully adapted to soothe and heal the mos
inhamed surface, to alay itchings and irri
tations, to cleanse and purify the pores o
the skin, and restore TO healthy and regu
lar action the oil glands, tubes. and cells
upon whose perfect action depend the pre-
servation of healthy skin and restoration
when diseased. 1t does not evaporate un
til the temperature is raised to more tina.
double that of the body, and hence is no
dissipated by heat, but remains on the skin
until completely absorbed. 1t does not be
come rancid or spoil on exposure in an,
climate. 1t will be as fresh, fragrant
soothing and healing fifty years hence a
it is to-day. Contrast this with the horri
BILE salves and ointments Of the presen
time. It's fragrant odor is no more CRATE
full than is its agreeable taste, for, be
known, no remedy is better adapted t
cure affections of the throat and lungs thai
Cuticura.
Having been charmed, | must confess
with results of my analysis of this neN
product, my next step was to demoDstrat
value in the treatment of the great ski
affections usually considered incurable
know that every word now write
WILL AWAKEN HOPE