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for centuries based upon the mistaken
theory that they are entirely due TO some
impurity of the blood. No special atteu-
tion has ever been directed to the import
ant part the sweat and fat glands play i'll
the propagation and maintenance of dis
| ease.
1t is no unj Just reflection upon the med
zeal profession to say that its efforts IN
/ the cure of skin diseases have been fail
ure What with mistaken theories, poi
sonous remedies, and blind adherence 10
methods and practices originating Ill ig-
norance and superstition, salt rhuem,
scald head and psoriasis flourish and III
crease upon systems shattered by the CO.
pious use. both internal and external, Of
mercury. arsenic, zinc, and lead l'r.
Mood mildly admits that the mrrcnrial
influence does sometimes produce salt
rheum, IA fact 50 well known that ii is re-
corded in most of the text books as mer-
curial eczema.
BLOOD PURIFIERS.
For centuries it has been the popular
notion that diseases of the skin and scalp
must be cured, if cured at all, 10y purify
ing the blood
Admitting that this is partly true, what
has been the method or what the rene
dies 10y which it WAS sought Ia h. accom-
plishcd?
MERCURY AND ARSENIC.
Putting aside the scnselcss 'sarsaparil-
la. dock. and .',iandrlion' blood pr-
dies that have received the sanction of
physicians, hospitals, and colleges, we
find that mercury and arsenic rethe only
medicinal agents of to-day, rs they We're
hundreds of years ago, which are regard
ed by the regular as having specific
medical properties for the puriiication of
the blood, and hence the only remedies
adapted to the treatment Of skin and
scalp diseases.
FEW POIsONs
Out of seventeen prescriptions denomi-
mated alternatives or blood purifiers.
taken from a standard medical work, eight
contained mercury in the form of corro-
sive snblimate, the proto-iodide, and the
blue pill, five arsenic three iodine, all
corrosive poisons. For four hundred
years mercury has been the sheet anchor
of the regular practitioner, and arsenic
tI,a mann st,y al tha snar,,6st II is NOT
tn Ia, exnectrd that tha nroluctions of
quacks and patent-medicme men are any
better. SO much for internal remedies.
While the blood is being purified ~ 10y
a. - ri, - IT,, LastanoI ,.,,yorl
tyhor, tLa subject ia a Il in disease nv fine
,,t,,.,ai a,,,i;cat;nn If oi,,tmants ami
saI,-as ar,j lhIntinrs in everv case can
ta;nin.,, , virnlrnt noison Referriuu to
tIn s.,,,,. standard medical work " we
tind that tbese are directed tobe prcp,reI
fr,,n
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But a little hight Is being thrown upon |
Ia. Il lnrlsf fl4lt has laI
ny II. o'..i M a. '''''. i.''' ~ ~
tellect OF the past. L" "A lew German /
and French physicians and specialists We |
owe what true progress We are making III /
ii,s ~ III I'm, .ii u .i' "a III, M"
tat ',i ,',.,.,,, ~, .L1. ,l;,oasi. ,.r H.,
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and vessels "l the trne SKIN. ami ca tlIlt
snch diseases or affections are aggravated
and maintained by POISONOUS funds con
tanning the virus OF arr"fula, malarlal, or
contagious disease, which are discharged
from the blood and circulating iluids upon
the skin through the sweat and tat glands
From these facts they successfully mann
tam that SKIN Diseases cannot he cured
solely 10y internal remedies, nor solely 10y
external remedies. but 10y Jndltlous use
"i both. These affections are not wholly
caused hy impurities "i the blood ami
.iI'u'a'iilS iiui'ls' nor aI. 'ri't u"c en-,
or1 a. i'll, til, ,-a.,,,,I, a,,I c,lIs .f
tbe trur lin but tn' nnc,I;nr md in.
condition of hoth For if Won
trrot tbe ono Ia tbe naolect of fine ntber
no nroorcss il mad. lint with attention IA
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rauna,lina nc / aa,, I.r. ,,a,.
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Will We must ''ii i'a'Ii ''cS!i' 1T 'i",i
10 'uie 'ile ilioS' "''H'ili'e Ahili anu N'n,P
''i'''l'''iA are siiret sr"at r'iiirui'S' VIII
~ many Si','l,i' pi1l'eitleS VIZ III.
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