Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-03-31
Some of the fortunes Inflicted By
Skin Diseases.
Impure Blood the Cause of
much Suffering.
How to Preserve and how TO Treat
the Skin.
Il Popular Treatise on the Skin in
Health and Disease.

the perfect mechanism OF the Interior. TIE
first manifested on the skin; on the other hand
the healthy skin, soft, plant, and beautiful not
only affords the utmost qualification to the
possessor, but shows TO the world the purity OF
the blood and the regularity Of the bodily func
tiOnS
healthy system with physical beauty and
fair exterior. is an Inheritance never too high
~ valued. Whatever tends to their restoration
when injured or in Jeopardy from disc Se or
want OF care Is worthy OF careful consideration
The importance OF health is self-evident; the
power. force. and attraction Of beauty IS too ap-
parent for r1dicule; its presery alton Is subject
OF vital importance.
lady afflicted with cutaneous eruptions or
loss OF hair In order to obtain a fair skin and
lnxuriant treSseS, would gladly exchange the
designations that now mar her otherwise and
some face. hands, Or head, for other or less con-
spcuouS troubles of greater severity and of a
more dangerous character Many an estimable
lie has been embittered by cutaneous affection.
The afflicted lady imagines that every one sees
ana comments upon her looks She avoids
society and public places and endeavor5 to hide
her misery In secluSiOn. The struggle to i'm
prove her appearance is constantly renewed.
NO remedy promising relief is too repulsive or
dangerous.
ARSENIC AND MERCURY
the most deadly of polSonS, are freely admins
tered externally and internally until the system
groans beneath the load of posons 1t is obliged
to carry. Slight skin-blemisheS produce this
effect When to the embttered mind is added
the accute bodily suffering attending the more
durable. The burning heat, Inflammation, Itch
ing, and pain impel the sufferer to prefer the
rest of oblivion. To the medical practitioner the
fact Is well known and too frequently observed
that suffering patients tear and rend their flesh
seeking vain relief.
Some Of these agencies which imperil personal
beauty and even destroy the human form divine
spring from deep-seated blood poisons contract
ed, or more often Inherited by the innocent vic
tim, from remote ancestors whose sins have
visited their children unto the third and fourth
Non Nhy-cfn flow, Petlr Iln
waite the torture for medical skill Is at fault in
the cure. and the grave Is the welcome refuge
FOR these sufferers The names of such hideouS
diseases dsfgure the page and shock the ear,
even in the milder form of Salt-rheum, letter,
ring,worm. pemrhigas psoriasis, leprosy, l1chen,
prurtgo, and scald- head. These are all outward
manifestations OF blood poison.
There are humorS which float in the blood
concealed from observation and known only
from their fatal and insidious undermining of
the general health which sap the very foun-
tain Of life. The
HEREDITARY BLOOD POISON
develops in the delicate tissues Of the brain
! mental weaknesses and infirmities, idiocy and
insanity. 1t enlarges the glands Of the throat,
sense OF smell and taste. 1t destroys the lungs
or fills them with tuberculouS secretionS. 1t
eats away the coating of the stomach enlargeS
the liver, clogs the kidneys, and preys on the
tracts and renders powerless with rheumatism
while the secretions of the joints, abnormal
from its effects, cause the painful and direful
govt. NO family in the land is too humble to
escape its ravages; no blood in America so blue
and SO pure as to be free from anxious care for
It's preservation.
useful Information on the construction and
preservation Of the skin and hair, and on the
proper treatment OF them when diseased as
well as to trace the source of skin diseases to a
vitiated condition Of the blood, the results Of a
practical and thorough investigation of the SUBJ
lect nave been reduced to popular form. A
that all the ills the human flesh is heir TO can
be prevented, alleviated or banished by the in
genuity OF science Of man.
ANATOMY OF THE SKIN.
The skin Is membrane composed OF two
lay ers, covering the entire person. The outer
layer Is the scarf skin, or cutcle; the inner is
the true skin, or CUTS Ued. These layers differ
in their structure and uses.
The scarf skin, called also cuticle or epder-
mis-, IS thin membrane, partially tran 5parent.
like a thin shaving OF horn. Having no blood
vessels or nerves and consequently no feeling
II appears to be simple covering to protect the
true skin from injury by external agents. 1t is
th.GEest on those parts most exposed to friction.
The scarf skin is the production OF the true
skin. an emulation from 1t In the form OF fluid
which Is spread out as thin layer, and dries up
into 1iattened scales. The cut1cle is composed
chiefly of these scales. and is constantly being
ing underneath.
The lower, softer, and newly formed layers of
the scarf skin are the seat OF color In this part
| INC CtlS CUuJdlu d plSultuU Incorporated WIN
the elementary granules. which gives to the
various races their several shades Of color The
| depth OF the hue is dependent on the amount of
| this colOring matter.
| The true skin, which Is called the cuts rq,'a.
| or coi1ullt, is kind OF web woven into small
fibreS collected into strands. In the upper por-
ton the web is fine and firm, but grows coarser
| below. Connected With Its under surface is a
| fbrous web, in which the fat is deposited Upon
| its upper surface is the sensitive or capillary
| layer, composed Of blood vessels and nerves
| doubled into loops. which give little promi-
| nences, called pdpiHP.
| The
| ARTERIES, VEINS, AND NERVES
| are spread over the true skin in great num-
bers-so profusely that it is Impossible to find "a
place unguarded with the point of a needle.
The lymphat1cS are very numerous In the
tubes and sweat glands and tubes. The oil
| glands are Embedded In the skin, and communi-
| cate with the surface by small tubes. They are
| the most abundant on the face, nose and ears.
| The sweat apparatus consists of small tubes;
| which pass through the true skin, and termi-
| nate In mesheS at the bottom, where it coils
| upon itself into kind OF bundle called the
| perspiratory gland. The hair and nails are
| appendageS of the skin.
THE SKIN
Is an organ OF sensation, absorption, and Secre-
| ton. 1t supplies us with knowledge, affords us
| qualification, warns US of dangerous agents,
| performs the Office OF respiration provides for
its own pliancy, regulates the temperature, both
external and Internal. and acts as purifying Or
gan vi JIG DiooN. thS d lCopldIOiy OfSdu, It's
| Importance cannot be over-estimated in its in
| huence upon the general health. 1t is intimate
| ly connected with the interior surfaces of the
| system, and the relation and sympathy between
| the skin and mucous membrane is established
| by the fact that either in diseased condition
| affects the other.
Beauty and health are dependent upon a
| healthy condition of the skin. The seat of Gu
taneouS diseases, the great enemy of BOTH is To-
| Gated In the derma, or true skin, being seated
| in the glands, tubes vessels or flores.
These glands perform an important part in the
| animal economy, for they secrete and produce
| the fatty substance which renders the skin and
| hair so soft and plant. From these glands the
| natural oil necessary for health and comfort is
| conducted to the surface through minute tubes.
When the skin is healthy these little vessels are
| always at work and constantly responding to
| the demands made upon them. They are eSpe-
| c1ally abundant on the face and in the hair,
| supplying natures ointment A free use of wa
| ter and suitable soap. which will hereafter be
referred to, are most efficaciOuS keeping these
| organs In tone and working order and the skin
| free from blemish.
| Another system Of
| GLANDS AND TUBES
| Secrete the moisture OF the body and are called
| the respiratory or sweat glands. Their pecu-
| liar functions called sweating or perSpiration,
| in the publication OF the system and Of the
blood is most essential to the general health.
| So important is the free and perfect action of
| these glands and tubes In the preservation of
the health. that particular attention to them is
| surely rewarded by an improved physical con-
| dition. During one day the skin will discharge
over two pounds OF Secret1OnS and Will absorb
almost an equal amount from the moisture in