St. Landry democrat., 1880-05-08

| letter ringwor1n, psoriasis 1mpetigo, Ieprosy
| lichen, prlrigo, BARRIERS itch, Jackson's itch
bakers itch, ground itch. scald head and dan.
druf.
Towering above all others in extent, in dura
ton, In suffering, is
| ECZEMA,
| commonly called salt rheum. Wilson divides
it into twelve species and others into many
more; but it is sufficiently clear to the averag &c
reader, and will be recognized by its small
watery blister, about the size of a pnbead
whenever seen. Prurfgo, inpetigo, and so i
asis are but little behind salt rheum in the #
! fering they cause. Scald head is another OBJ
stina1e affection, defying all remedies, de
stroying the hair. and producing great misery
an suffering. The scalp, like the skin, is sub
| ject to salt rheum, letter, dandruff. and other
eruptive and scaiy diseases, which generally
destroy the hair follicles, and produce per
| manent badness.
THE TREATMENT
OF diseases of the skin or scalp has been for
centuries based upon the mistaken theory
| III u they are entirely due to some impurty OF
tn blood. No special attention has ever been
directed the important part the sweat and
fat glands play in the propagation and main
| tenance of disease.
| 1t is no unjust reflection upon the medical
profession to say that its 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 1ner-
curry, arsenic, zinc, and lead.
! Forcenturies it has been the popular notion
that diseases of the skin and scalp must be
cured, If cured at ali, by purifying the blood.
Admitting that this is partly true, what has
been tn method or what the remedies by which
it was sought to be accomplshcd2
MERCURY AND ARSENIC.
Putting aside the senseleSS Sarsaparila"
"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-
cation of the blood. and hence the only rene
dies adapted to the treatment of skin aud
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 phy.
sicians 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 teac and prove, % that dis
eases of the skin and scalp are caused by & de-
raIgcment of the SecretOry and eXcretOry
tubes and vessels of the true skin: and O.
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
diseases cannot BE- cured solely by internal
remedies, nor solely by external remedies,
but by judiciOus use of both. These affec-
tons are not wholly caused by impurities of
the blood and circulating fluids, nor are they
due entirely TO diseased condition of the
sweat and fat glands, tubes, vessels, and cells
of the true skin, but to a peculiar and in
separable condition of both. For if you treat
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
OSI fOy, hGrn -,
nearly every case.
WHAT WE WANT"
said distinguished authority on the skin,
"what we most earnestly desire in order to
cure obstinate skin and scalp affections, are
three great remedies, with as many specific
properties, namely:
p" ]. An internal remedy possessing cathar-
tic, tonic, and Alternative properties, which will
enable it 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 intiamna-
ton or irritation and destroy fungus or para
site growths: and,
"3. An emollient and healing SOAP free from
caustic alkalies and irritating properties, for
diseased surfaces, and partaking, in
a mider form, the medicinal properties of the
external application.
With three such remedies as conceive it
possible to prepare, but which | do not now
ninety per centum of the skin diseases in ex-
istence may be permanently cured
THE USUAL REMEDIES FAILURES.
If have appeared severe upon the medical
profession, have not been unjustly SO toward
physicians who adhere to practices at variance
viii reason and common sense, and, withal.
lamentable failures. l here assert that no
salye, cerate, 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 col
eUeS meUlclne-ani there thousands
them-will certainly cure a case of chronic
salt rheum, psoriasis, or leprosy. have tried
rested by liberal education, but with unsat
sfactory results as to specific curative prop
critics.
HOPE FOR THE AFFLICTED.
:. Hence, when Messrs. Weeks & Potter,
Chemists and Druggists, Of Boston, Mass.
been experimenting with medicinal agents, |
and had obtasned-mostly from substances
never before used in medicine, and by proc |
ess original with themselves three great |
ible cure for every kind of skin, scalp ard |
blood disease, from salt rheum to dandruff,
whether caused by a scrofulous or disc tse- |
ainted blood, or by morbid condition OF the |
glands, tubes, vessels and cells OF the true
kin, or both, was gratified beyond measure.
Is my life has been and is devoted to the
reatment of skin and scalp diseases, to which /
have given much study and attention,
eagerly embraced the opportunity afforded |
ne by Messrs. Weeks s. Potter, to make a |
borough test of these remedies in my prac-
ice, determined, If successful, to give them
UGH publicity as their merits entitled them
o. This now do after two years of extraOr-
linary success with them, with the object of
hereby lessening, as far as In my power, the
,reat suffering caused by the diseases under
consideration.
THE FIRST.
The Fame givento the first of these great
emedies is Cuticura, from cuts, the skin, and
urd, cure-a skin cure In practice, found
possessed wonderful curative properties, as
hey exist in no other remedies of the day. 1t
8 entirely unlike anything for external appli-
alton that have ever seen before. 1t is of
ely conscience, free from grease, oils, or
ats, and docs not contain a particle of dele
erlous or unwholesome matter, and is SO cast
applied that no irritation or pain is caused
y its application to raw and inflamed sur
aces.
Cuticura, when used as directed, is wonder
ully adapted to soothe and heal the most in
AIMED surface, to allay itchings and irrita-
ions that have been the torture of lifetime,
destroy fungus or unnatural growthS on
he skin and scalp, to heal ulcers and scrofu-
1us sores, to cleanse and purify the pores Of
ne skin, and restore to healthy and regular ac-
ion the oil glands, tubes and cells upon whose
ealthy skin and restoration when diseased.
will not become rancid, or spoil on exposure
] any climate. 1t will be as fresh, fragrant,
oothing and healing fifty years hence as it is
)-day. Contrast this with the horrible salves
nd ointments of the present time!
- THE SECOND.
ne Cuticura Medicinal Toilet Soap, receives
. characteristic name from the remedy to
hich it owes its valuable healing and useful