The Portland daily press., 1879-07-01
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CORROSIVE SUBLIMATE,
(mercuryD, white precipitate (mercury!D, red
preclpltate (mercury!!D, citrene ointment
Cmercury!!!D, prussc acid, arsenic, zinc, sui
phur, lead, creoSote and opium as suits the
fancy or prejudice of the physician. Here is the
whole list in the exact order in which they
are given; not one is omitted. This is the course
pursued by the average practitioner and advo-
Gated by most of the school of medicine.
THE TRUE THEORY.
But little light is being thown upon the
darkness that has surrounded the intellect of
the past. To few German and French ply
slclans and specialists we owe what true pro-
gress we are making at the present time in the
cure of obstinate affections of the skin and
scalp. They teach and proUe Q) that diseases
OF the skin and scalp are caused by derange-
ment of the secretory and excretory tubes
and vessels of the true skin, and (2) that such
diseases or affections are aggravated and MAIN
tanned by poisonous fluids containing the virus
OF scrofula, malaria, or contagious disease,
which are discharged from the blood and circu-
lating fluids upon the skin through the sweat
and fat glands. From these facts they success
| fully maintain that skin diseases cannot be
cured solely by internal remedies, nor solely by
! external remedies, but by a judicious use of
both. These affections are not wholly caused
| by impurities of the blood and circulating flu
| ids nor are they due entirely to dseas-
ed condition of the sweat and fat glands, tubes
vessels, and cells of the true skin, but to pc
| culiar and inseparable condition of both. For
if you treat the one to the neglect of the other
| no progress is made, but with attention to both
| at the same time, and the use of such remedies
| as | can here recommend, permanent cure is
possible in nearly every case.
| "wHAT WE WANT"
said distinguished authority on the skin,
"what we most earnestly desire in order to
cure the most obstinate skin and scalp affec-
| tons are three great remedies, with as many
| SDecitip OrODprtleS.
81. An external application of jelly con-
sistence that has the power of arresting inflam-
nation and destroying fungus or parasitic
| growths.
So An emollient and healing soap, free from
caustic alkalies for cleansing diseased surfaces.
'3 An internal remedy having a chemical
affinity or the power of uniting with and neu-
tralizing or destroying the corrupt particles OF
! matter, or dsease-breedins elements which eX-
list as impurities in the blood and circulating
fluids, and which are discharged upon the skin
| by the sweat and fat glands to feed diseases al
ready existing.
With three such remedies as conceive it
| possible to prepare, but which L do not now
know to exist, will venture to assert that nine
| ty per centum of the skin diseases in existence
may be permanently cured"
THE USUAL REMEDIES FAILURES.
If have appeared severe upon the medical
profession, 1 have not been unjustly so towards
| physicians who adhere to practices at variance
|
mentable failures. here assert that no ONT
| ment, salve, cerate, lotion, compound, for
| external application, nor Alternative or 'blood
| purifier for internal use to be found in the
| 7ndterid naedicd of the schools and colleges OF
medicines, and there are thousands of them,
will certainly cure a case of chronic salt rheum,
psoriasis, 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 unsatisfactory re-
| suits, as to curative properties.
HOPE FOR THE AFFLICTED.
Hence, when Messrs Weeks & Potter
| Chemists and Druggists, of Boston, informed
me that for eight years they they had been ex-
permenting with medicinal agents, and had
| obtained mostly from substances never before
used in medicine, and by a process original
with themselves, three great remedies, which
they believed to be an infallible cure for every
| kind of skin and scalp disease from salt rheum
| to dandruff, whether caused by a scrofulous or
diseased-tainted blood, or by a morbid condi-
| ton of the glands, tubes, vessels and cells OF
| the true skin, or both AS | had concluded to
devote my life to the treatment of skin and scalp
diseases to which I have given much study and
| attention, eagerly embraced the opportunity
| given me by MeSSrS. Weeks u Potter to make
| thorough test of these remedies in my prac-
| tce, and if successful to give them such pub
licity as their merits entitled them to. This I
now do, with the object of thereby essening as
| far as in my power the great suffering caused
! by the diseases under consideration With
| this object in view l received a quantity OF
each remedy and made most careful exam
! ination of them.
/ THE FIRST.
The name given to the first of these great
| remedies is Cutlcura, from cuts, the skim and
cara, cure,-a skin cure In practice l found
it possessed wonderful curative properties as
they exist in no other remedies OF the day. 1t
is entirely unlike anything for external appli-
cation that have ever seen before 1t does
| or taiy arti nf da1pfnriOnC IN.
wholesome matter and is so easily applied that
no irritation or pain is caused by its applca-
ton to raw and infamed surfaces.
Cuticura, when used as directed, is wonder
| fully adapted to soothe and heal the most in
famed surface, to ally itchings and irritations,
that have been the torture of lifetime to de-
| stroy fungus or unnatural growths on the skin
and scalp, to cleanse and purify the pores of
| the skin, and restore to healthy and regular
action the oil glands, tubes and cells, upon
| whose perfect action depend the preservation of
| healthy skin and restoration when diseased.
1t does not evaporate until the temperature is
| raised to more than double that of the body,
| and hence is not dissipated by heat, but re-
mains on the skin until completely absorbed.
| 1t does not contain a trace of mercury, arsenic,
| zinc, or caustic chemicals of anv kind. 1t
will not become rancid or spoil on exposure in
| any climate 1t will be as fresh, fragrant,
| soothing, and healing fifty years hence as it is
to-day. Contrast this with the horrible salves
| and ointments of the present time! Its fra
grant odor is no more grateful than is its agree
| able taste, for, be it known no remedy is bet
ter adapted to cure affections OF the throat and
| lungs than Cuticura.
THE SECOND.
A pure skin soap, appropriately named after
| the great remedy from which it draws its Gu
rative properties, is of delicate natural green
color, showing its wholesome origin. Its emol-
| lient soothing, and healing action is the same
| as Cuticura, only in modified form. While
f0Io he of the the
naent of obstinate skin and scalp affections, At
mag ably assist at every stage, and is positively
! indispensable IN most cases. 1t is in every re-
| spect pleasing contrast to the filthy products
| prepared from the refuse of Sinks watts, hotels,
| hospitals, and rendering-houses reeking with
putrescence and animal parasites and the germs
of contagious diseases, and innocently labelled
| "skin SOAP" In recommending the Cuticura
Soap as an assistant to Cuticura, as we'll as for
| the preservation OF the skin of infants, of gen.
| tlemen who shave, and those who desire
fresh and wholesome skin and scalp, I but fill
to the brim the measure of my duty to the
public.
Permit me to pause a moment to impress
upon all, the necessity of frequent washing of
the skin and scalp with soap,-usng plenty of
soap free from caustic alkalies). Whether
| the skin scalp is diseased or healthy, do not
be afraid of soap. 1t will assist all other rem
| edies if diseased, and preserve and freShen the
healthy skin. Too much ignorance prevails as
to its value in the preservation of the skin and
scalp. Cuticura Soap is most fragrant and
refreshing application to the skin and will pre-
serve the complexion better than all the cos
metics in existence For the toilet, bath, and
nursery, it is the purest healing and cleansing
soap before the public, and should be eagerly
demanded by all who value health, a clear skin
and wholesome complexion.
THE THIRD
| great remedy submitted to me is called the
Cuticura Resolvent because of its intimate re-
lation to Cuticura in the cure of skin and scalp
diseases OF all the remedies for the purifica-
ton of the blood and circulating fluids that 1
have ever examined, none approach in specific
medical action the wonderful properties of the
Resolvent. In forty minutes after taking the
first dose it may be detected by chemical anal
ysis in the saliva, sweat, fat and blood, show
ing that it has entered the blood and circula-
ting fluids, and made the entire circuit of the
human labyrinth many times. Chemical tests
show it to be present in the water with which
the patient has bathed ON rising in the morn
ing. This wonderful property alone should
render it famous, for by thus entering and be-
coming part of the circulating fluids it is
enabled to traverse every diseased cell, tube and
vessel of the skin, and leave its wholesome
medical constituents upon the surface of the
body, thus realizing the dream of the greatest
French physicians.