, 1880-03-07
Personal Beauty Dependent On a
Healthy Skin and Scalp.
Some Of the Fortunes Inflicted by
Skin Diseases.
Impure Blood the Cause Of
Much Suffering.
How to Preserve and How to
Treat the Skin.
4 POPULAR Treatise on the Skin Ia Health and
Disease.

AFFAIR skin, with wholesome complexion
and luxurian1 trcsscs, IS the secret OF personal
beauty IL indicates the PUTTY q ne;oE tne ssstn III
presence Of hereditary blood poison or hu41of ls
first manifested the skin; on the other nana
the healthy skin, soft, plant. and belut11ul not
uuy affords he utmost qualification to the pos
SCISSOR, but shows to the world the purity oi me
blood and the regularity OF the bodily functions.
fair exterior, is an inheritance never too hirhly
valued. Whatever tends to their restoration.
when injured or in jeopardy from dlsease ;o or
ton The importance OF health Is self-eyident;
the power, force. and attraction OF beauty Is TOO
apparent for ridicule; It's preserranon IS u suo-
4 Indy afflicted with cutaneous erupuons or
loss IT hair, in order to obtain fair skin ana
luxuriant tresses. would gladly :xchanxe EN- tae
distlrara1ions that now mar her otherwise hand
some face, hands, or head for other and less con-
spicuous troubles OF greater severity ana OF a
more dangerous character Many an esan1oce aa1ce
ti,:.s. The afflicted lady imaglues that every
one sees and comments upon her looks- she
avoids society and public places az and endeasors rs
10 hilt. her misery In sccIusion. The struggle to
improve her appearance is constantly renewed.
No remedy promising relief is too repulsi'e or
dangerous. .-.
ARSENIC AND MERCURY,
the most deadly Of poisons, are freely admins
tered externally and internally until the system
uroans beneath the load Of poisons it IS Obliged
10 carry Slight in-blenishes produce th's
erect, When to the embittered mind is added
the acute bodily suffering attending me e. more r
serious cutaucous Affections, the torture Is un"
endurub1e-. The burning heat ln1iammanon,
itching, and puin 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 uesn
seeking vain relief.
Some OF these agencies which fmperl personal
Lcaufy and even destroy the human form diyinc
spring from deep blood poisons con-
tracted, or more often inherited By the innocent
visited their children unto the third and fourth
Kenerutiou." The physician often falls to allc-
vfate 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 disfgure the page and shock the ear,
even IN the milder form ct snlt-rheurn, letter.
pr,1rgo and scaid- head. These are ali outward
manifestations OF blood poison.
There are hunlors which noat in the blood con-
cealed from observation, and known only from
their fatul and insidiuus undermining OF the
general health, which sap the very fountain OF
life. The
HEREDITARY BLOOD POISON
develops in the delicate tissues Of the brain
insanity. It enlar1-es the glands Of the throat,
corrodes the fine membranes and 11npairs the
sense of smell and taste. 1t destroys the lungs
Or fills them with tuberculous sccredons It eats
away the coating Of the stomach. cnlargcs the
liver, clogs the kidneys and preys on the whole
alimentary canal. The muscles it contracts and m
renders powerless With rheumatism, while the
secretions Of the Joints, abnormal from its
elects, cause the painful and direful gout- No
family iu tho land is too humble To escape its
ravages; no blood in America SO blue and so
pure Ms to be free from anxious care forts pres
erYatiol.
With view to Impart some important and
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
,itiatcd condition Of the blood, the results of q
practical and thorough investigation Of the sub
5cct have been reduced to a popular form. a
kind and ovcrruling Providence has decrced
that all tue ills the human flesh is heir to can be
prevented, alleyiated. or punished by the iuge-
pui:y or science Of man.