The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-04-26

superstition, salt rheum, scald head, ana
nsnriasis. flourish and increase upon sys.-
ssms ahsttered by the copious use, both irf-
sernai and external, Of mercury. arsenic,
a;nc. and lead. DR.. Wosd mildly admits
thnt the rnercuriai Influence does sometimes
produce salt rheum-a fact SO well known
that. Il Is recorded In most OF the text
books as mercurial eczema.
BLooD.PrRrF1ERs.
For centuries IL has been the popular no
,ion that diseases OF the skin and scalp
must be cured, il cured at all, by purifying
tue blood. St, 49,, rr,.t
Admitting that this Is partly true, what
bas heen the method or what the remcd,es
hv which it was sought to be Accomplished
MERCURY AND ARSENIC.
Putting aside the senseless "sar .sapa-
lilo ,, &c dock.U and .tdandelion blood
nnri6ers.U and considering onlc shosc re-
n,ed;es that have received t.le sanction OF
nhysiciaus, hospitals, and colleges, we ind
that mercury and arsen C AFRO the only me-
Sicinal agents OF to-dAy, as they were hum
drcds OF Years ago, which are regarded oy
the Irregular" - having specific neaica'
nroperiies for tie publication OF the oiooo,
and hence tbs only remedies adapted 10 Tue
treatment Gf skin. and scalp diseases.
A FEW PoIsoNs.
Out OF seventeen prescriptions denomi.
mated "alteratiyes" or blood BURNERS,
taken from q standard medical work, elsht
contained mercury in the form OF corrosive
snblimate, the proto-iodide, and the blue
nil: five arsenic, three iodine--all corro-
siyc poisons. For 400 years mercury mas
been the sheet-anchor OF the regular prac-
titiorer, and arsenic the main stay OF the
specialist. 1t is not to be expected that tne
productions Of quacks and patent-medlclhe
men are any better. So much Tor lnternai
remedies.
While the blood is being purified (:) by
the internal administration OF poison ~ tue
good work is often FASTENED forward, "here
The subject is a skin-disease. by the external
annlication of ointments and saIves and So
Iutions. in every case containing Yifuient
noison. Referring to the same " standard
medical work. we find that these are dl-
rected TO be prepared from
CORROSIVE sUBLIMATE
fmercury y, white precipitate (mercury !]'
red precipitatc (mercury J, citrinc oint-
ment {mercury I'D prusslc acld, arsenic
zinc, sulphur, lead, creosoie, ana opium, ~
suits the fancy or prejudice OF the physf.
cian. 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 advocated by most
OF the schools Of medicine.
THE TRUE THEORY.
But little light is being thrown upon Toe
darkness that has surrounded the lntelfec'
of the past. TO few Gelman and French
| physfcjans and specialists we owe WHAT tfue
Progress we are making at the present tline
| in the cure OF obstinate affections OF inc
skin and scalp. They teach and proCc Il,
that diseases OF the skin and seal are caused
nv derangement of the secretory and eXcre-
tory tubes and vessels OF the true skim and
| p, that such diseases or affections are aggrs-
waited and maintained By poisonous fluids
containjr o the virus of scrofula, malaria. OF
CONTAGIOUS diseases, which are discharged
from the blood and circulating fluids upon
the skim through the sweat and fat glands.
From these facts they successfully main
tain that skin-diseases cannot be cured solely
by internal remedies nor solely by external
remedies. but by a iudicious use OF both.
| These affections are not wholly caused by
impurities of the blood and circulating
fluids, nor are they due entirely to dis
eased condition Of the sweat and fat glands,
tubes, vessels, and cells Of the true skin,
but to peculiar and inseparahle condition
Of both. For il you treat the one to the
neglect OF the other no progress is made,
but with attention 10 both ut the same time
and the use Of such remedies as can here
recommend permanent cure IS possible IN
nearly every case.
''wHAT WE WANT"
VII tho cl-ip
" what we most earnestly desire in order &c
cure the most obstinate skin and scalp
affections are three great remedies, with as
many specific opertieS-viz..
al. An external application Of Jelly
consistcnce that has the power OF arreStin.
Inflammation and destroying fungus OF
parasitic groWths.
80. An cmollicnt and healing soap, free
from caustic akalies, for cleansing diseased
surfaces.
80. An internal remedy having cheml.
cal affinity or the power OF uniting with and
neutralizng or destroying the corrupt par.
ticles of matter. or disease breeding ele-
mcnts, which exist as impurities in the
blood and circulating fluids, and which are
discharged uEon the skin by the sweat and
fat glands 10 feed diseases already existing.
"With three such remedies as | conceive
it possible to prepare, but which I do not
now know to exist, will venture to assert
that 80 per cenlum OF the skin-diseaSes i'll
existence may be permanently cured"
TIE USUAL REMEDIES FAILURES.
II have appeared severe upon the mcdi-
cal profession, l have not been uniustly so
towards physicians who adhere to practices
at variance with reason and common sense,
and wiihaI. lamentable failures. ] here as
sert that no ointment, salye, cerate, lotion,
or compound for external application, nor
Alternative or "blooG-purifer" for internal
use, to be found in the materia n'edlca OF
the schools and colleges of medicine, and
there are thousands OF them, will certainly
cure a case of chronic salt rheUm. psoriasis,
or leproSy,-no, not even dandrut, ana
simple scaly affections. / have tried them
with all the care and experience suggested
bv q liberal education. but with unsaflSfac-
tory results, as to specific curative proper
ties.
HOPE FOR THE AFFLICTED.
Hence. when Messrs. Weeks L. Potter,
chemists and druggists, OF Boston, informed
me that for eight years they had been eX-
pcrimenting with medicinal agents, and had
obtained mostly from substances never be-
| fore used in medicine. and by a process
original with themselves, three great rene
| dies, which they believed to be an infallible
cure for every kind of skim and scalp-diS-
| ease from salt rheum to dandruf, whether
caused by Il scrofulous- or diseased-taintcd
blood, or by morbid condition of the
glands, tubes, vessels, and cells OF the true
skin, or both. AS / had concluded TO de-
vote my life entirely to the treatment Of
skin and scalp-diseases, to which l have