The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-06-02

I UIdnY UIgnT OTVNSIWT
The burning heat, Inflammation, and itching nearly
mpe the sufferer to do violence 10 himself 10 order 20
| end his suGerines l have seen patients tear their
flesh with their nails unit the blood flowed in streams
Others have told me that they could cut the flesh
nom their limbs so great was the sgony they endured
With view TO impart some useful Information on
the construction and preservation Of the skin, scnp
and hair and the proper treatment Of them when dis
eased, have here condensed to popular form such
! Information as is most desired
THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SKIN
The skin is composed Of two layers. which may lie
separated from each other by the acten Of blister
The thin portion which is raised up by the blister is
called the scarf skin, the cutice, the epidermis
that which remains in connection with the body is
the sensitive skin, the cuts the d,rma the true
! skin. Each has separate duties 10 perform. The
scarf skin is horny and insensble, aod serves as a
sheath tO protect the sensitive skin under It,
Were the scarf skin taken off we could not bear to
have anything touch us. The derms true skin
and its glands, oil tubes etc. the seat Of oil cuta
neous diseases.
THE OIL AND SWEAT GLANDS.
That the skin may be pable and healthy IT is neces
sary to have it oiled every day and for this the Crea
tor has wisely provided by placing in the true skin
small glands and tubes whose Office It is TO prepare
and pour out upon the surface the proper amount OF
oil On parts of The body they do not exist, but
are abundant on the face nose. ears, head, eyelids
| etc. They produce the wax Of the ears, and the
head they open into the sheath of the hair and fur
nish 1t with natures own hair oil or pomade. When
the skin Is healthy these little vessels always a
work, and constantly responding to the demands
made upon them. Consequently no person should be
| afraid TO wash thoroughly every day with soap and
water lest as the Boston Medical journal +" once
taught the skin be injured by having the oil removed
| from 1t.
FREQUENT wAsHINGs WITH PURE SOAP
Gree from caustic alkaies) and lukewarm water, f-
lowed by brisk rubbing with towel win do
more TO preserve the healthy of the oil glands
and tubes upon which depends q clear and wholesome
complexion, than all the cosmetics In the world So
frpa md frfac nf f,a
and fat oil glands in the preservation Of the gene
raj health rs well as the special condition OF the
skin that particular attention 10 them will he re-
warded by increased hysica health They discharge
upon the surface Of the body about two aud one-haf
pounds OF matter per day. and their importance in the
purihcaton OF the blood and fluids Of the body
great thst were they closed by an imperyious coat
ing like rubber or oiled silk death would soon ensue.
THE GREAT SKIN AND SCALP DISEASES.
But bad as are minor forms Of skin diseases, they
sink into nsgnihcance when compared with the great
skin and scalp diseases with which thousands are af
hcted during their whole lives That the reader may
know more about them. the principal affections are
here named omitting such symptoms of consti-
tutonal diseases like measles, rash, etc. The most
important are salt rheum or eczema, letter, ring
worm psoriasis, mpetgo leprosy, lichen, prurlgl,
BARRIERS itch, Jackson's itch, bakers ITCH ground
itch, scald head and dandruff.
Towering above all others in extent in duration In
suffering, is
ECZEMA,
twelve species and others into many more but it is
sufficiently clear TO the average reader and will be
recognized by its small watery blister about the size
Of pnhead wherever seen. Pfurigo im petlgo, and
psoriasis but little behind salt rheum ia the suffer-
Ing they cause Schld head is another obstinate afec
ton, deying all remedies, destroying tho hair aud
producing great misery and suff ring. Tire scap, like
the skin is subject to ,alt Iheum letter. dandrlf
and other eTuptye and scay diseases. which generally
destroy the hair iollicles, and produce permanent
badness
THE TREATMENT
Of diseases OF the skin scap has been for centuries
based upon the mistaken theory that they entirely
due TO some impuity Of the blood. No special at
tention has been directed to the important part
the sweat and fat glands play IN the propagation and
maintenance of disease.
1t is unjust reflection upon the medical p7ofs-
sion to say that its efforts in the cure of skin dis
eases have been failure. What with mist asen theo-
ries, poisonous remedies, and blind adherence tn
methods and practices originating in gnoran and
superstition, salt rheum, scald head, and psoriasis
flourish and increase upon 81 stems shattered by the
copons use, 10th internal and external, of mercury,
arsenic zinc, aud lead.
For centuries it has been the popular notion that
diseases Of the skin and scalp must be cured, Il
cured at all by purifying th' blood.
Admitting that this is partly true, what has been
the method or what the remedies by which it was
sought TO be Accomplished
MERCURY AND ARSENIC.
Putting aside the senseless "sarsaparillo," dock
and "dsndelion " blood purifiers" aud con iderug
only those remedies that have received the sanction
OF physicians, hospitals and colleges we fnl that
mercury and arsenic are the only medicinal agents
Of to-day, as they hundreds Of years ago which
are regarded by the "regular'' as having specific
medical properties for the publication Of the hood,
and hence the only remedies adapted to the treatment
| Of skin and scalp diseases.
| THE TRUE THEORY.
But little light is being tbrowa upon the darkness.
that has surrounded the intellect of the la.t To
| few German and French physicians and specil lists
| we owe what true progress we are making az the
1 Ia l,apfin Of fha
| sstn and scale. They teach ard prove % that dis
eases Of the skin and scalp are caused by adersnge-
ment oil the secet0Ty and eXcetOry tubes and vessels
Of the true skin; aud (2) that such di eases or Of
Re tons are af grayatei an montlined by poisonous
nuids containing the virus of scrofula, malaria,
| contagious disease, which discharged from the
| blood and c'rcnatiGg fluids upon the skin through
the sweat ard fat glands From these facts they sue
cessfuy mailain thlt skin diseases cannot be cured
solely by internal remedies, solely by exte nal
remedies, but by iudcious use Of both. These af-
iect9ns are not wholly caused by impurities OIL The
blood and circulating huids they due entirely
to diseased condition of the sweat and fat glands
tubes, vessels, and cells of the true skin but TO a
| peculiar and inseparabe condition OF both. For it
you treat the one 10 the neglect of the other, no
progress is made but with attention 10 both at the
| same time, and the use OF such remedies as | can
here recommend, cure is possible in nearly every
"wHAT WE WANT"
| said a distinguished authority on the skin. what
we most earnestly desire in order to cure obstinats
skin and scalp affections, three great remedies
| "lth as many specific properties, namely -
| i. An internal remedy possessing cathartie
tonic and Alternative properties which will enable ii
| 10 exPe through the natural purifiers OF the body,
VIZ, the lungs liver, kidneys. bowels. ami skin, the
| constitutional poison which hoats m the blood and
| circulating fluids Of The body
- An external, unchangeable application Of
| lely coDsisteDee that may arrest Inflammation ir-
ntauon and destroy fungus or parasitic growths
| and,
%; An emolient and healing soap free from
esusuc alkaies and irritating properties, for cleans
nuF fnE nmm In nil
form, the medicinal properties Of the external appi
With three such remedies as I conceive It pos
| sible 70 prepare but which do not now know 10
exist, will venture TO that ninety per centum
OF the skn diseases In existence may be permanently
| cuTed.n
THE USUAL REMEDIES FAILURES.
II have appeared severe upon the medical profes
sion, have not been unjustly 80 towards physicians
who adhere ~ practices at variance with reason aud
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