Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-04-16

lichen, prurigo, hRrbers itch, Jackson's itch
bakers Itch, ground itch, scald head and dan.
drun.
Towering above all others in extent, In dura.
tlon, In suffering, Is
ECZEMA, i.
commonly called salt rheum. Wilson divides
u Into twelve speoies and others into many
moro; but il is sufficiently clear TO the average
reader, and viii bo recognized by its small
watery blister, about the size OF q pinhead,
whenever seen. Prurigo impetigo, and so +
asis are but little behind salt rheum in the sIf-
ferinR they cause. Scald head is another OBJ.
s,inaie sti ahsfhli3n' defyi3g all comedies, dc.
and suffering. The scalp like the skin, Is sub
Ject TO salt rheum, letter, dandruff, and other
eruptive and scaly diseases, which generally
destroy the hair folicles, and produce per-
manent badness.
TINE TREATMENT
OF diseases OF the skin or scalp has been for
centuries based upon the mistaken theory
that they are entirely due to some impurity OF
the blood. No special attention has ever been
directed to tho important part the sweat and
fat glands play In the propagation and main
tenance of disease.
IL is no unjust reflection upon the medical
profession to say that It's efforts In the cure Of
skin diseases have been a failure. What with
mistaken theories, poisonous remedies, and
blind adherence TO methods and practices
originating In ignorance snd superstition, salt
rheum, scald head, and psoriasis flourish and
increase upon systems shattered by the CO
pious use, both internal and external, Of mer~
curry, arsenic, zinc, and lead.
ForCenturies il has been the popular notion
that diseases OF the skin and scalp must be
cured, il cured at all, by purifying the blood.
Admitting that this is partly true, what has
been tn g method or what the remedies by which
II was sought to he accomplishcd2
MERCURY AND ARSENIC.
Putting aside the senseless sarsaparilla,"
"doCk," and "dandelion blood purifiers"
and considering only those remedies that
have received the sanction of physicians,
hospitals and colleges, we find that mercury
and arsenic are the only medicinal agents of
to-day, as they were hundreds of years ago,
which are regarded by the regular" as hav-
ing specific medical properties for the purifi-
cation of the blood, and hence the only reme-
dies adapted to the treatment of skin and
THE TRUE THEORY.
But little light is being thrown upon the
darkness that has surrounded the intellect of
the past. To few German and French ply.
scans and specialists we owe what true
progress we are making at the present time
in the cure of obstinate affections of the skin
and scalp. They teach and prove, "a that dis
eases of the skin and scalp are caused by a de-
rangement of the secretOry and eNcretOry
tubes and vessels of the true skin; and ~
that such diseases or affections are aggra-
waited and maintained by poisonous fluids CON
tanning the virus of scrofula, malaria, or con-
tagious disease, which are discharged from
the blood and circulating fluids upon the skin
through the sweat and fat glands From these
facts they successfully maintain that skin
diseases cannot be cured solely by internal
remedies, nor solely by external remedies,
but by iudiCious use of both. These affec-
lions are not wholly caused by impurities OF
the blood and circulating fluids, nor are they
due entirely 10 u diseased condition of the
sweat and fat glands, tubes, vessels, and cells
of the true skin, but to peculiar and in
the one to the neglect of the other, no prog
ress is made; but with attention to both at
the same time, and the use of such remedies
as can here recommend q cure is possible in
WHAT WE WANT
said a distinguished authority on the skin,
Wlnt in IN
cure obstinate skin and scalp affections, are
three great remedies, with as many specific
properties, namely:
i. An internal remedy possessing cathRr-
tic, tonic, and Alternative properties, which will
enable il to expel through the natural purifiers
of the body, viz, the lungs. liver, kidneys
bowels, and skin, the constitutional poison
which fonts in the blood and circulating fluids
of the body.
"2. An external, Interchangeable application
of jelly consistence that may arrest intlamma-
ton or irritation and destroy fungus or para
Sitic growthS; and,
"3. An emollient indicating soap, free from
caustic alkales and irritating properties, for
cleansing diseased surfaces, and partaking, In
mider form, the medicinal properties OF the
external application.
with three such remedies as / conceive il
possible to prepare. but which do not now
know TO exist, will venture to assert that
ninety per centum of the skin diseases in ex-
iStence may bo permanently cured"
THE USUAL REMEDIES FAILURES.
III have appeared severe upon the medical
profession, have not been unjuStly so toward
physicians who adhere to practices at variance
with reason and common sense, and, withal,
lamentable failures. ] here assert that no
ointment, Saive, ccrate, lotion, or compound,
for external application, nor Alternative, or
blood purifier for internal use, TO be found
In the materia medica of the schools and coli
leEes of medcne-and there are thousands of
them-will certainly cure case of chronic
salt rheum, psoriasis, or leprosy. have tried
them with all the care aud experience sug-
Rested by liberal education, but with unsat-
istactory results rs to specific curative prop
critics.
HOPE FOR THE AFFLICTED.
Hence, when Messrs. Weeks Potter,
Chemists aud Druggists, of Boston, Mass,
Informed me that for eight years they had
been experimenting with medicinal agents,
and bad obtained-mOstly from substances
never before used in medicine, and by proc
ess original with themselves = three great
remedies, which they believed TO be an infal-
lible cure for every kind of skin, scalp ard
blood disease, from salt rheum to dandru0,
whether caused by scrofulous or disease
tainted blood, or 10y morbid condition OF the
glands, tubes, vessels and cells of the true
skin, or both was grntitted beyond measure.
AS my life has been and is devoted to the
treatment of skin and scalp diseases. to which
] have given much study and attention,
eagerly embraced the opportunity afforded
me by McsslS. Weeks Potter, to make u
thorough test of these remedies In my prac
ticr, determined, IL successful, to give thom
such publicity as their merits entitled them
to. This now do after two yoars of eXtraor-
dinary success with them, with the object Of
thereby lcssening, as far as in my power, the
great suffering caused by the diseases uador
consideration.
The rnme givento the first OF these great
remedies is Cuticura, from cults, the skin, and
curd, Il cure--u skin cure In prpcticc, found
it possessed wonderful curative properties, MS
they exist in no other remedies of the day. 1t
is entirely unlike anything for eXtcrnal appli-
Jelly cOnsstence, free from grease, oils, or
fats, and does not contain particle OF dele
terious or unwholesome matter, and is so casi-
ly applied that no irritation or pain is caused
by its application to raw and iuilamed sur
faces.
.Cuticura, when used as directed, is wonder
fully adapted to soothe and heal the most in
famed surface, to allay itchings and irrita-
tionS that have been the torture of q lifetime,
TO destroy fungus or unnatural growths on
the skin and scalp. to heal ulcers and scrofu-
lous sores, to cleanse and purify the pores OF
the skin, and restore to healthy and regular ac-
tion the oil glands, tubes and cells, upon whose
perfect action depend the preservation of 4
healthy skin and restoration when diseased.
1t will not become rancid, or spoil on exposure
In any climate. Ii will be rs fresh, fragrant,
soothing and healing fifty ears hence as 1t is
to-day. Contrast this with the horrible salYes
and ointments Of the present time!
THE SECOND,
the Cuticura Medicinal Toilet Soap, receives
Its characteristic name from the remedy to
which it owes its valuable healing and useful
properties. IL is free from causttc alkalies,
and is of delicate, natural green color. Its
CnlOllltui, sOOlnllH uIu nedllilE utNlDl is inc
same as Cuticura, in modified form. Aside
from its medicinal properties, it is more val
ued as toilet, bath and nursery sanatiVe than
any other soap. 1t cleanses, sOothcs, whitcns,
and boHutifies the skin, and is natural pre-
yentive of injury to the complexion and hands
from the heats of summer and the chlls Of
winter.
An ounce of prevention is nowhere reward
ed with more pounds of cure thnn in the caro-
of the skin, and no remedy or method is more
appropriate than the Cuticura Soap II dis
solves away undue eXudation of greasy mat
ter from the oil glands, which causes the
skin 10 shine, prevents clogging of tho pores
aud tubes, and stimulates the circulation OF
the blood through the small blood vessels,
giving color, freshness, and beauty to the
complexion, amply repaying every moment of
care.
This soap is also specially prepared for shaw
ing, and is called CuticuTa Medicinal Shaving
Soap, and will be found of great value by
gentlemen suffering from tender, intamed or
diseased skin.
THE THIRD
great remedy submitted to me is called tho
Cuticura ResOlvent, because of its intimate
relation to CuticuTa In tho cure of skin and
scalp diseases. OF all the remedies for the
puriticatiOn OF the blood and circulating fluids
that have ever tested, none approach in spe-
citic medical action the wonderful properties
of the Resolvent. In fOTtH minutes after tax
ing the first dose IL may be detected by chem
ical analysis in the saliva, sweat fat and blood,
showing that il has entered the blood and Dir