The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-05-20

II lT,
Dish It with hatur s own hair oil or pomade. When
tn skin l. healthy thes, little vessel, are al ays at
work, and constantly responding 10 the demands
sfraid 10 wash thorouphls every d,y with soap and
wste-, lest as the " b ston Mcdica Journal !" once
taught the skn be injured by having the oil removed
irom it.
FREQUENT WAsHINGs WITH PURE SOAP
Gree from caustc alksles) and lut ewarm water, ~
lowe Uy nsk rub i-g with coarse towel will do
more to pres 'rve ihe heal hg a. Of tie oil glands
and tubes upon which depends clear and wholes ne
CONT lext n h1n all he cosmetics r. 'he World. So
important is the free ard perfect action OF the sweat
and tat or oil gards in The Preservation of the gene
rel health, ss well as the special cord tor OF the
skin th.t Particular attention 10 them will te re-
wsided by increased thy sca health. They discharge
upon he surface OF the b)fy ab ut two and ole-haf
pounds matt psr dsv, AMI their plrtance in the
purfcston OF the blood aud fluids OF the boly so
great that were they closed by an impervious coat
ing Ike ubbsr or oiled silk death would soon ensue.
THE GREAT SKIN AND SCALP DISEASES.
But bad as are minor forms Of skin di.e'ses, they
sink TO iusgnifcance when compared with the great
skin and scalp dis wiih which tn ,uta ds are af
i'cted during their W ole lives. Tn the reader NAV
know al out them, the pIin Il al affections
here named omitti1g such as ale SYMPTOM, of consti
tutonll diseases, Ike m.ss'es, rash, etc. The most
important are salt rhaum or eczsma letter, ring
worm, psoraii,, inpeIigO, lprosy. ichen, prurigj,
ba bers itch. JAcksons Itch baker, itch, ground
itch, sac head and dandruff.
Towering above all others In extent, in duration, in
suffering, Is
ECZEMA,
commonly called salt rheum. Wilson divides II into
twslv- species, and Others into many more; but it is
sufficiently Gear to the o erage reader, and will be
recognized by its small watery blister about the SIZE
of pintel id, wherever en- Piurigo, i'm etgo and
psoiui but little hind salt Ih um in T. e suffer-
ing they cause scsd cad is another obs mate alice
ton, deHing oil remedies, destroying the hair s1d
producing great misery and sun ring. TEE scalp like
the SKIN, is subet to alt iheum letter dandrdH
and other eruptve and scalg diseases which generally
destroy the hair iol'icles, and produce permanent
badness.
THE TREATMENT
Of diseases OF the skin scalp has been for centuries
based upon the mistaken theory that they are entirely
due TO some mpuIity Of the tlooi. No spec al at
tenton has ever been directed the important part
the sweat and tat glands play IN the pro- aga oa and
maintenance of disesse.
1t is no unjust reflection upon the meiicsl prof s.
sion to say tnat its efforts in the of skin dis.
eases have been fnlue. What with mistaken theo-
methods and practices originating in lgnoTun and
superstition. salt rheunl, scald ad, and psoriasis
flourish and increase upon s. stems shattered by the
pi9us use, to'h internal and external, of mercury,
arsehic, zinc, ard lead.
For centuries it has been the popular notion that
diseases Of tha skin aud scalp must he cured II
cured at all, by purifying III bool.
Admitting that this is fartly true, what has been
the Il thod or what the remtdie, by which it was
sought 10 he accomplshcdi
MERCURY AND ARSENIC.
Putting aside the sens less "sar rsaparll'" "dock "
AMI "dandeon " "bl oil pu Gers," and con idering
only those remedies that have receiv the sanction
of physicians, hospitals, and college,, we find that
mercury and ar.enic ere the only uled cinl sgent,
of to-day, as they w re hundreds of years ago which
are REGARDED by the regular" as having specific
IN dical proIeries for the purifcaton OF the blood
and hence the only rene lies adapted to the treatment
OF skin and scalH dseases.
THE TRUE THEORY.
Bat little light is being thrown upon the darkness
that has surrounded the Intellect of the Iast To
few German and French physicans and speciaists
we owe what true progress we are making at the
present tine In the cure OF obstple affections of the
ST. and scal). They teach ard prove ~ TINT dis
meat of the secretgry AMI etory tubes and We lse
OF he true skin and (2) that such di af-
fe tons are a grayatei and maintaned by poisonous
II ids containing the virus of scrofula, malaria, or
contago IS disease which ere discharged from the
bool end crcuati fluids upon the skin through
the sweat AID fat glands. From these facts they sue
ssfllly mai tain th skin diejses cannot be cured
soely by internil temel'es nJr toel by exte nal |
: mel!es, but b. a, jldic!ous ue of both Tn Sc If
iecli ms are Lot wholly caused by impur it's the |
b cd and circulating fluids, nor aie they due enrey
TO diseased cond tio1 of the swtat and fat ga ds
tubes, vessels, ard cells Of the true skin but 10 |
peculiar ard insepsrs'le condi on oil 10 h. For / |
" treat the one to the nelect of the or er, no
progress is made Tut with tenion to both at the
same time, ind the use OF such RENE les as | can |
here recommend, cure is possible in nearly every
WHAT WE WANT"
said distinguished authority on the skin /" what
we mot ca mes y desire in order 10 ere obs,inata
'kin aud alp atte ii MS, are thr great ren edles
vi b as man, specific prcp rites, namsly:-
i. An internal remedy pOss ssing cathartic
tonic AMI allie atyc properties which will enaye il
o expel through The natural purifiers OF the bCdr
w the lungs liver kidney wes and skin, the
nst utioT al poison which lCats In the blood and
circulating fluids Of lha body.
80 An external, uncaargeable application OF
ely consisence that may trrest Inflammation or ir
Al ~ Uupa Ia fhg. |
Iud,
"8. An emolient and healing sosp, free from
aushc aka les and irr ating prOpert for cleans
NJ diseased suriares and piriakng, 10 q milder
m, the medicinal properties Of the external appi
alton.
with three such remedies os conceive 4 DOS
ible to p epare, but which do not now know 70
Xis viii venture to assert that Linety per centum
u the skin diseases In existence may be permanently
ured"
TIE USUAL REMEDIES FAILURES.
II have appeared severe nIon the medical profes.
Ion. have not been unjustly so towards physicians
VINO adh re TO practices at Val ance III aud
und, witba, linen tSLe failures. /
ere assert ttat no ointment save, cerae, lotion or
Impoln lof external fppli alton, nor alterat We,
ulood pu Her., Tor intel ma use TO be Ouad In the
natefia medca of the sch Ols and colleges Of medi.
ine,-snd there are thousands of them, will CIR
hly cure case OF chr mic salt lheun, psoriasis or
rprosy. ] have tried them with all the care and
xpsrience suggested by liberal education, but
With unsatisfactory results 10 specific curative
sOpTties
HOPE FOR THE AFFLICTED.
Hence, when Messrs. WEEKS & POTTER, Chemists
nd Druggists OF Boston, Mass, informed me tbat
DR. eight years they hal been experimenting with
ledcnal agents, and had obtaired-mostly from sub
.inces never lefOIe used IN med cine and by Iro-
ess original With themselves-three great remedies,
ind Of skim tcap, ind bCod disease from salt rban,