The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-03-05

lting in ignorance nnd superstition, SAI
rhcum, scald head and psoriasis Ilouris
and increase upon systems shattered b.
the cupious use, both internal and cxtel
nal, Of mercury. arsenic, zine and lead
Dr Wood mildly admits that the mcrcu
rial influence does sometimes produce 81!
Ihcum--a fact 81 well known that It is II
corded in most Of the text books HS mel
Curial eczema,
HOOD REMEDIES.
The false popular notion that ever atIrc
ton Of the skin, from common pimpl
to saltrhcum or Scald-hcNd, must bc treat
cd with the so.Callrd blood purifiers" l.
be cured, has filled many grave. ! d
here assert. in the most positive manner
that the vrsiculnr, puStulur aud Sraly dis
ease above referred to cannot be cured b,
any internal remedies in uScb by the mrdi
cal profession, and in this statement an
supported by the lamrntNblc failure .
those who attempt it. The fact is, thcs,
diseases are purely local, and the day il
not far distant when it will be generally
admitted by all physicians, They have
no connections with the blood. hav,
known sNlt.rheum to cover the body aftrD
undue exercise. or sudden immersion il
cold water. The true cause Of these Skin
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thrnuvhnui fine lrnr,h and hroul,l, of IN.
land Every Inv same now nsnirunt fnr
fnmr ami fnrinmr cannes f,rwnrI with his
universal Inrnn,nr nnJ ,lrs,rnvnr nj tL"
imtrirni" system If dirrs,inn a9d olsnrn.
iinn rnlIri "LInnI mfriAnrW which uunu
ANALYSIS will Inc more iik"lv I'm Inc fnnnJ a
M.I Doi@u,r, and thr :rrIuIous Stand
ready 10 swallow Gallons of il n, enormous
nrirGs. only 10 IiuI themselves wors" in
ihr end.
az what nrn tLngn ;uunrnut.I,nLIrn
clocks" aud "daudrions,' popular called
"blDul purifiers and "altrratvcS" by the
medical books, composed? The active in
grcdirnt-that is, the one surposrdtn cure
is either mercury or arsenic. Ont Of
seventeen prescriptions ,lunominaici 'al.
trraIivrS,' taken from standard medical
work, ri.htruntainrd mercury in the form
uf corrosive SuhIimAtr, the pru,oiudid,
and the blurpill, five arscrfc. three iodine
all corrosive p0iSonS. For four hundred
years mercury has been the sheet anchor
ii the regular practitioner, and arsenic the
main stay IT the specialist II is not to he
expected tha. the productions uI ulinrks
and pairnt medicine men are any better.
So much for internal remedies. While
the blood is h"ing purified O. hy the in.
irrnal administration Of ;iOi>iOu u the
good work is often fastened forward,
where the subject sa skin disease, bv the
external application Of ointmcntS and
snlvrs and solutions, in every ease con.
tanning a virulrut poison. referring tu
Tie same STANDARD medical work" we
find that these are directed To he prr.