The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-05-14
BEAUTY BUT SKIN Deep.
How to Beautify. How to Preserve,
and How to Treat when Dis
eased. the Skin and Scalp.


their influence on the happiness Of those to whom
delicate and peary complexion Is the dearest wish OF
their hives Ia paramount 10 all Others No lady affic
ed with cutaneous eruptons, loss of hair, will de-
ny that to obtain fair skin and mxuriant tresses,
she would gladly exchange the designations that now
mar her otherwise handsome face hands or hair, for
other diseases of greater severty-even danger
could their existence be concealed from the publ,
eye. Many an estimabe lady's life has been embt
tered by cuaneous affections. She imagines that ev
cry one sees and comments upon her looks She
avoids society and public places, and endeavors 10
hide her misery in seclusion. Here the struggle 10
improve her appearance is renewed. No remedy IL
too repulsye or dangerous TO be used Arsenic is de-
yonred In large quantities, mercury is taken inter
nay and applied externally, until the teeth rattle III
their loosened sockets, and the system groans be-
meath the load of poisons it is Obliged TO carry.
If such be the feelings of one afflicted with slight
skin b.emishes, what must be the condition of those
suffering from salt rheum, letter, ringworm, penn
phgus, psoriasis eprosy, lichen, prurigo and sead
head? No pen can fully describe the fortunes they
endure. Death in many cases might be considered
blessing. The burning heat, Inflammation and itch
ing nearly impel the sufferer to do violence to him.
self in order TO end his suferings. have pa
tents tear their flesh with their nails until the blood
flowed in streams. Others have told me that they
could cut the flesh from their limbs, great the
agony they endured.
With view 10 mpart some useful information on
the construction and preservation Of the skin, cal
and hair, and the proper treatment of them when
diseased, 1 have here condensed TO a popular form
such information AZ IL most desired
THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SKIN.
The skin is composed of two layers, which may be
separated from each other by the action of blister
The thin portion which is raised up by the blister
called the scarf skin, the cutice, the epiderms
that which remains in connection with the body Ii
the sensitive skin, the CUTS, the derma, the true
skin. Each has separate duties TO perform. The
scarf skin IL horny and insensible, and serves
sheath to protect the sensitive skin under it,
Were the scarf skin taken off could not bear TO
have anything touch us. The derma or true skin,
and its glands, oil tubes, etc., the seat Of all cuta
neous diseases.
THE OIL AND SWEAT GLANDS.
That the skin may be pliable and healthy it is
necessary to have IL oiled every day and for this the
Creator has wisely provided by placing in the true
skin small glands and tubes, whose office il is TO pre-
pare and pour out upon the surface the proper
amount Of oil On some parts of the body they do
not exist but are abundant the face, nose, ears
head, eyeids, etc. They produce the wax Of the
ears and on the head they open inJo the sheath of
the hair, and furnish IL with natures own hair oil
pomade. When the skin is healthy these little vessels
always at 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 the Boston Medical Journal
once taught, the skin be injured by having the oil
moved from it
FREQUENT wAsHINGs WITH PURE soAr
free from causc akalies) and uke-warm water fol-
lowed by brisk rubbing with coarse towel, will do
more to preserve the healthy action Of the oil glands
and tubes, upon which depends clear and wholesome
complexion, than all the cosmetics in the world. So
important IL the free and perfect action of the sweat
and fat oil glands in the preservation of the
era health, well the special condition of the
skin, that particular attention to them will be
warded by increased physical health. They discharge
upon the surface of the body about two and onehaf
pounds Of matter per day, and their importance in
the publication Of the blood and fluids Of the body Is
great that they closed by an impervous coating
IKE rubber or oiled silk. death would ensue
THE GREAT SKIN AND SCALP DISEASES.
But bad as minor forms of skin diseases they
sink into insignifcance when compared with the
great skin and scalp diseases with which thousands
afflicted during their whole lives That the read
er may know more about them, the principal affec-
tons here named emitting such az are symptoms
OF constitutional diseases, like measles, RASH etc
The most important are salt rheum or eczema, letter
ringworn, PSORIASIS impeteo, leprosy, hchen
prurgo, barbers itch, Jackson's itch, bakers itch
ground itch, scad head and dandruf.
Towering above all others in extent, in duratior
In suffering, Is
ECZEMA,
commonly called salt rhcum Wilson divides IL into
twelve species, and others into many more but il is
sufficiently clear to the average reader and will be
recognized by its small watery blister about the sz.
of pinhead, wherever Prurigo, impetigo
and psoriasis but little behind salt rheum in the
suffering they cause. Scad head is another obstinate
Affection defying all remedies destroying the hair
and producing great misery and suffering. The
scalp, like the skin, is subject TO salt rheum letter
dandruf and other eruptive and scaly diseases
which generally destroy the hair folcles, and pro-
duce permanent badness.
THE TREATMENT
of diseases of the skin scalp has been for cent-
ries based upon the mistaken theory that they are
entirely due to some npurity of the blood. No
special attention has ever been directed to the i'm
portaDt part the sweat and fat glands play in the
propagation and maintenance Of disease.
II is no unjust reflection upon the medical profess
sion to say that its efforts in the of skin dis
eases have been failure. What with mistaken the
cries, poisonous remedies, and blind adherence 10
methods and practices originating in ignorance and
superstition. salt rheum, scald head and psoriasis
flourish and increase upon systems shattered by the
copious use, both internal and external, of mercury
arsenic, zinc and ead.
For centuries IL has been the popular notion that
diseases of the skin and scalp must be cured if cured
at all, by purifying the blood.
Admitting that this is partly true what has been
the method what the remedies by which ii was
sought to he Accomplishment
MERCURY AND ARSENIC.
Putting aside the senseless sarsaparla, dock,
and " dandeon blood purifiers" and considering
only those remedies that have received the sanction
of physicians, hospitals, and colleges, we find that
mercury and arsenic the only medicinal agents
of to-day they hundreds Of Years ago, which
are regarded by the Irregular" as lavng specific
medical properties for the publication Of the blooo,
and hence the only remedies adapted to the treatment
Of skin and scalp diseases.
THE TRUE THEORY.
But little light is being thrown upon the darkness
that has surrounded the intellect Of the past To a
few German and French physicians and specialists
we 1--WE what true progress we are making at Tue
present time in the Of obstinate affections OF the
skin and scalp. They teach and prove () that dis
of the skin and scalp are caused by derange-
ment of the secreory and excretory tubes and vessels
Of the true skin and 2 that such diseases affec-
tons are aggravated and maintained by poisonous
fluids containing the virus of scrofula, malaria, or
contagious disease, which discharged from the
blood and circulating fluids upon the skin through
the sweet and fat glands From these facts they sue
cessfuy maintain that skin diseases cannot be cured
solely by internal remedies solely by external
remedies, but 10y judicious Of both. These af
fections not wholly caused by impurities of the
blood and circulating fluids, they due entire
y 10 diseased condition of the sweat and fat glands
tubes vessels and cells of the true skim but to pc
culiar and inseparabe condition of both. For If
you treat the 20 the neglect of the other,
progress IL made: but with attention to both at the
time, and the use of such remedies l can
here recommend, cure is possible in nearly every
case.
"wHAT WE WANT,
said distinguished authority the skin, "what we
most earnestly desire in order to obstinate skin
and scalp affections three great remedies, with
as many specific properties, namely:
"1 An internal remedy possessing cathartic, tonic
and Alternative properties which will en be TO ex-
! pei through the natural purifiers Of the body, VIZ:
the lungs liver, kidneys, bowels and skin, the const-
| tutona poison which floats in the blood and crcu-
/ lating fluids Of the body.
"2 An external, Interchangeable application OF jelly
Conscience that may arrest Inflammation or irrita-
ton, and destroy fungus or parasitic growths; and
"3 An emollent and healing soap, free from
caustic nlkales and irrit ting properties for cleans