The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1880-04-22
BEAUTY BUT SKIN DEEP.
Hsw e Dsautify, How to Preserve, and
How te Treat, when Diseased
the Skin and Scalp.
.1n. Z. JossrIYN, N. D., OF NEW YORK.


Apart from the suffering caused by skin
diseases, their influence on the happiness Of
those to whom delicate and pearly complex
to al ehers n asg
cutaneous eruptions. or loss of hair, will deny
that, to obtain q fair. skin and luauriant
urations that now mar her otherwise hand
some face, hands, OF hair, for other diseases
existence be concealed from the public eye.
Many an estimabe lady's life has been embit-
tered by cutaneous affections. she imagines
that every one sees and comments upon her
looks She avoids society and public places,
and endeayors to hide her misery in seclusion.
Grs aeneMed eve remeGy is too ner repaisTe or
dangerous TO be used. Arsenic Is devoured in
large quantities. mercury is taken internally
I'M their loosened sockets, and the system
Sroans beneath the load Of poisons it is
II such be the feelings of one afflicted with
eliGht skin bleniishes. what must be the con-
dition of those suffering from salt rheum, tet-
ter, rfnRworni, pemphigus, psoriasis, leprosy,
nchen, prurigo and scald head2 No pen can
fully describe the tortures they endure.
Blessing The burning heat, inflammation
and tching nearly impel the sufferer TO DO
Hes. 4 have seen d patients r. tear so their fiesh
with their nails until the blood flowed In
streams. Others have told me that they could
cut the mesh from their limbs, so great was
With view to imparr some useful informa-
ton on the construction and preservation 91
the skin, scalp, and hair, and the proper treat
nnent OF them when diseased, 1 have here CON-
aen.ed to a popular form such information as
THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SKIN.
The skin is composed of two layers, which
may be separated from each other by the nc
don Of a blister. The thin portion which is
raised up by the blister Is called the scarf skin,
the cuticle, or the epidermis; that which rc-
/ mains in connection with the body is the sensi-
dive skin, the QUITS, the derma, or the true
skin. Each has separate dutie, TO perform.
serves rs q sheath TO protect the more sensi-
tive skin under II. Were the scarf skin taken
on, We could not bear to have anything touch
US. The derma or true skin, and its glands,
oil tubes, etc., are The seat Of all cutaneous
THE OH. AND SWEAT GLANDS.
That the skin may be plisble and healthy It
Z Necessary to have G Il oiled every day; and for
IN sns ssn small saSds and nbss
ONCE IL fs 10 prepare and pour out upon the
surface the proper amount OF Oil, On some
parts Of the body they do not exist, but are
abundant on the face, nose. ears, head, eye
lids, etc; They, produce the wax of the ears,
the hair. and furnish il with natures own hair
oil or pomade. When the skin is healthy, these
little vessels are always AZ work, and constant
" responding to the demands made upon
them. Consequently no person should be
afraid to wash thoroughly every day with soap
nal once taught, the skin be injured by hav-
ing the oil removed from it,
FREQUENT wAsHISGS WITH PURE SOAR
free from oaustic alkaiiesJ and lukewarm
water, followed by brisk rubbing with coarse
towel, will do moro to preserve the healthy &C
don of the oil glands and tubes, upon which
depends a clear and wholesome Complexion,
than all the cosmetics In the world. So i'm
portant 10 the free ard perfect action of the
sweat and fat oil glands In the preservation
Of the general health, as well as the special
condition Of the skin, that particular attention
to them will be rewarded by increased physical
health. They discharge upon the surface OF
the body about two and one-half pounds of
matter per day, and their importance in the
al ~ hlpoi and ftmids nf fha bod
Is so great that. were they closed by an imper-
vious coating. like rubber or oiled silk, death
would soon ensue.
But bad minor forms OF skin diseases,
they sink into insignitcancc when compared
with the great skin and scalp diseases with
which thousands nre afflicted during their
whole lives. That The reader may know more
about them. the principal ARsctions are here