The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-06-10
THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SKIN.

end hair, ard III propsr treatment OF them when dis
ehed, / have here condensed TO 8 popular form such
Information As Is most deGired.
THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SKIN
The akin is composed Of two LAYERS, which may he
separated from each other by the actien 81 a b lister.
The thin portion which is raised mp by the bis er IL
called the fcarf skin, the %cutic'e, or The %epidermis ;
that which remains In connection with the body IL
the sensitive skin, the cuts, the d.rma, or the true
akin. Each has Separats d ties TO perform. The
scarf tkln IL horny and i~nsensible, Rad serves as q
sheath 10 protect the more t~enftive fkln under It.
Were the fcarf skin taken of we could not bear 10
have ANYTHING touch us. The dermA or true skin,
and Its glands, oil tubes, etc. are the seat OF all cuts-
neous diseases.
THE OIL AND SWEAT GLANDS.
That the skin may be phable and heslthy It IL neces |
sary to have It oiled every day and for this he Crea.
tor has wisely provided by plAci7g In the true skin
email glands and tubes, whose office II is TO prepare
and pcur out upon the surface the proper am1urt o.
oil On some parts OF he holy they do not exist, but
Ee alb ndant on the face, rose, e rs, head, eyellds, |
etc, They produce the wax Of the ears, and o. tn
head thy open into the sheStb OF the b ir, ard fur
Dish II with hstur.'s own hair oil or pomade. When
the skin 1 healthy these little vessels are alHsys at
work, and constantly responding TO the demands
made up1n the n. O. nsequenty no person should be
afraid 10 wash thoroughly every dsy with soap and
wate-, lest as the Boston Medical journal" once
taught, the akin be iDjp-sd by having the oil removed
from 1t.
FREQUENT wAehrTGs WITH PURE S0AI
Gree from caustic alkslles) and lukewarm water, ~.
lowed by brisk rubbing With a coarse towel, will d.
more 10 preserve the healthy action Of TIE oil gland
and tubes, upon which depends a clear and wboles jue
complexion, than all The cosmetics IN the world. 81
important is the free and perfect action Of the swta
and fat or oil glands in The pr sergstion Of the gene
raj health, ss well as the spa,ial condition OF tb
skin thgt particular attention 10 them will he re
warded by increased physical health. They discha-g
upon The surface OF the body about two and ole-hali
Pounds matt 7 per DAY, and their II portance in the
publication OF the blood and fluids OF the body is 30
great that we're they closed by an impervious coat
ing, like ubber or oiled silk, death would soon ensue.
THE GREAT sKIN AND SCALP DISEASES.
But bad as are minor forms Of skin diseases, they
sink I to insignlncance when compared with the great
skin and scalp dis asses with which th1usn DIS are af
htcted during their w ole lives. TIL I the reader NAV
know more about them, the principal affections a e |
here named Quitting such as are symptoms Of con ti
tutional diseases, like measles, rash, etc. The most
important are salt rhsum or eczema letter, ring
worm, psoriasis, impetigo, ltprOsy, llchen, prurig |
balbers' fitch, J~ackson's itch, bakers itch, ground
itch, scad head aud daDdruf.
Towering above all Others in extent, in duration, IN
suffering, is
ECZEMA,
commonly called salt rheum. Wilson divides 1t into
twelv4 species, and Others into many more but II IL
sufficiently Q ear to the 9 'erage reader, and will be
recognized by It's small watery blister, about the sz-
Oh u piuOelu, WDCTeNeI D en- .ffuf1gO, I'm etlgO, Qll |
psoria. is are but little behind salt rheum in tie suffer
Ing they cause. Schld Lead Is another obs mate ahec |
ton, defy Ing all remedies, destroying the hair. and
producing great misery and suff ring, TIE Icalp, like
the skin, Is eubjest 10 alt Iheum, letter, dandr III, |
and Other erupti'e ami scaly diseases, which generally
destroy the hair ~fOliicles, and produce permanent
badness,
THE TREATMENT
Of diseases Of the skin or scalp has been for centuries
basel upon the mistaken theory that they are entirely
due to tome impuIity Of the flood. No SPECIAL at
tentton has ever been directed to the important psrt
the sweat and fat flands play In the pro yaga iol and
mainteDapce Of disease. |
1t is no unjust reflection upon the medical prot-s s.
sion to cay that its efforts 10 the cure of skin dis.
easet have been a failure. What with mistaken theo.
rieS, poisonous rfmedies, and blind dhersnc t.
methods and practices originating in ignOran e and
superstition, salt rheum, scald had, and psorias 5
flourish and Increase upon s. stems shattered by the
cplous use, loth internal and external, Of mercury,
arse lc, zinc, aud lead.
For centuries it 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 m thod or what the remedies by which It was
sought to be accomplishedf
MERCURY AND ARSENIC. i
Putting aside the ~sensaless asarsaparillA" dock "
and "dsndellon " blood purifiers, y and con iderDg
only those remedies that have reCeiv d the sanction
Of physicians, hospitals, and colleges, we find that
mercury ana arsenic ere the only meu Clnal agents |
Of to-day, aS they were hundreds Of years ago which
are regarded by the Irregular" as having specific
msdical properties for the Rurihcatlon Of the blood,
and heneo theonly remedies adapted 70 the treatment
Of skin and scdD diseases. y
THE TRUE THEORY,
But Q little light is being thrown upon the darkness
that has surrounded the intellect Of the past. To .
few German and French physicians and specialists
we owe what true progress we are making at the
present line In the cure oil obst nate affections Of the
siI and scale. They teach and prove, ~ thlt dis.
easss Of the skin and scllp are caused by aderange-
mem OF the ~secretcry an ~exc'etory tubes and vessels
Of the true skin and () that such dl e'sss or az
fe tons are a gravated and maintained by poisonous
fluids containing the virus Of s~Crofula, malaria, or
contagious disease, which are discharged from the
blood and orcu'ati & fluids upon the skin through
the sweat and at glands. From these. facts they sue,
~cessfully mai It liu thlt skin. diseases cannot be cured
solely by int nal remedies, nor folely by external
remedies, but by q ~Judic!ous use Of both. These ef'
%fecti!ns are not wholly caused by Impurities o. the
blood aud circulating fluids nor are they due entirely
TO a diseased condition OF the sweat and fat glands,
tubes, vessels, and cells Of the true skin, but 10 a
peculiar and indispensable condition OF both. For II
progress 10 made hut with attention to both at the
same time and the use Of such remedies ash can
here recommend, q cure "a possible In nearly every
sase.
WHAT WE WANT"
said q distinguished authority on the skin, /" what
we most earnestly desire In order TO ere obstinate
akin and 0 alp affections, ae thrte great remedies,
with as many specific properties namely -
II. An internal remedy poss 'ssing ~cathartic,
tonic and Alternative properties which will enable II
TO eXpd through the natural purifiers Of the body,
viz, the lungs, liver, k!dneys b we,E AMI skin, the
constitutional poison which 1oats In the blood and
circulating fluids Of the body.
"2 An external, unohspgeable application OF
Jelly oonsistence that may arrest inflammation or ir.
ritaton and destroy. fungus or parasitic gIowths
md, ..ht.'
"8. An omoIient and hesling soap, ffee from
oauStc alkalies and irritating properties, for cleans.
ing diseased surfacee and ~partsklng, 10 q milder
form, the medicinal properties Of the external appll
cation. f8
With three such remedies % ! conceive II pos
Slbh 70 prepare, but which l do not now know 10
exist l will venture to assert that ninety per centum
OF the akin diseases In existence may be permanently
cured"
TIE USUAL REMEDIES FAILURES.
III have appeared severe upon the medical profeS
sion. l bAve not been unjusty ~ towards p%hyslclans
who adh re- 10 practice, at variance W III reason aud
oommnn-seLse, and, witha', lameDtable milu eAe i
here asSeTt ttat NJ ointment SAVE, cefpte, lotion or
compo1ni, foe external application, nor Alterat We, or
blood pu Her. for lntol ma use, 10 be found In the
materiA medica Of the sch os and colleges Of medl
cline, and there are Thousands OF them, viii Ger
IA ny cure a case Of chronic salt rheum, ps'riasis, or