Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-05-20
BEAUTY BUT SKIN DEEP.
How to Beauty, How TO Preserve, and
How to Treat when Diseased,
the Skin and Scalp.


decale VCaTTY CNTIpTtAlON UplrtFt
their liver is par mount to al others. Nolady affot-
ed with cuaneous eruptions, loss Of hair viii deny
that 10 obtain fair skin and uXuriant trcsses She
would gladly exchange the designations that mar
her otherwise handsome aco hands, or hair for ether
diseases Of greater seyerityeven angerooC I'd their
existence he concealed from the public eye. Many
an estiInab]e ladys life has been emhttered tv cuta-
neous affec ions. She imagines that every sees
and comments up her looks. She avoids society
and public places and cndeayo-s 70 hide her misery
in secidsion. Here the struggle 10 improve her ap-
iearaucc IL renewed No remedy Is too repulsive or
dangerous to he used Arsenic is deyoured in large
quantities. mercury is taken internally and applied
externally until the teeth rattle in their loosened sock
cts and the system groans beneath the load of poisons
Il is obliged to carry.
If such be the feelings of afflicted with slight
skin blemishes what must be the condition of those
suffering from salt rheum, totter, ring worm, penn
phigs, psoriasia leprosy, ohen, prurigo aud scald
head? No pen can fully describe the fortunes they
dure. Death in many cases might be considered
blessing The burning heat, inflammation and Itch
ing nearly imlel the sufferer to do violence to him
self in order to end his suflerings. have seen pa
tents tear their leah with their nails until the blood
flowed in streams. Others have told me that they
could cnt the flesh from their limbs, so great the
agony they endured
With view to impart some useful information on
the construction and preservation OF the skin. scalp
and hair, and tho proper treatment of them when
diseased. have here cond nrsed TO popular form
such information AS il most desired.
THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SKIN.
separated from each Othor 10y the action of blister
The thin portion which is raised up by tho blister il
called the scarf skim the cuticle, or the epder1nis
that which remains IN connection with the body is
the sensitive skin, the CUTS, the derna, the true
skin Each has separate duties to perform. The
scarf skin Is horny and insensihle, and serves AS
sheath 10 protect the sensitive skin under ii.
We're the scarf skin taken off could not bear to
have anything touch us. The derma or true skin,
and its glands oil tubes, etc., the seat of all cta
neous diseases.
THE OIL AND SWEAT GLANDS.
That the skin may be pliabe and healthy it is
sary to have oiled every day and for this the Crea
tor has wisely provided by placing the true skin
small glands and tube- whose Office ii is to prepare
and pour ont upon tho surface the proper amount OF
OIL On parts OF the body they do not exies, but
abundant on the face, nose ear6, head, oyelds,
etc. They produce the wax Of the ears, and on the
head they open into the sheath Of the hair, and fur
niah it with natures own hair oil or pomade. When
the -kin is healthy these little vessels always at
work, and constantly responding to the demands
made upon them. Consequently no person should
be afraid to wash thoroughly every day with soap
and water, lest, the 50 Boston Medical journal"
once taught the skin be injured by having the oil
removed from it.
FREQUENT wAsHINGs WITH PURE SOAP
free from caustic alkahes) and uhewarm water, fol-
lowed by brisk rubbing with towel, will do
more preserve the healthy action Of the oil glands
and tubes, upon which depends clear and whole
some complexion, than all the cosmetics in the world.
So important is the free and perfect action of the
sweat and fat oil glands in the preservation of the
general health well the special condition of the
skin that particular attention to them Will be
warded by increased physical health. They dis
charge upon the surface of the body about two and
one-haf pounds Of matter per day, and their impor-
lance in the purfcaton of the blood and fluids of
the body is so great that they closed by inn
perdous coating like rubber or oiled silk, death
would soon ensue.
THE GREAT SKIN AND SCALP DISEASES.
Bit bad as are minor forms of skin diseases, they
alk into insgnihcance when compared with the
great skin and scalp diseases with which Thousands
afflicted during their whole lives That the
reader may know more about them, the principal
affections here named emitting such as are
symptoms Of constitutional diseases. like measles,
RASH etc. The most important are salt r.cum or &c
zea letter. ring worm, psoriasis, impedgo, leprosy,
clen prurigo BARRIERS ITCH Jackson's itch, bakers
Itch ground itch, scald head and dandrut.
Towering above all others in extent, in duration,
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 average reader, and will be
recognized by ts small watery blister about the size
Of piuhead, wherever seen. Prurigo, impetigo and
PSORIASIS but little hchind salt rheum in tho suf-
ferng they cause. Scald head is another obstinate
affection, defyng all remedies. destroying the halr,
and producing great misery and suffering. The
scalp ike the skin, il subject to salt rheum letter,
dandruf and other eruphye and scaly diseases,
which generally destroy the hair folicles. and pro-
THE TREATMENT
Of diseases of the skin scalp has been for centuries
based upon the mistaken theory that they are entirely
due to some impurty of the blood. No special atten-
ton has ever been directed TO the important part the
sweat and fat g'ands play in the propagation and
maintenance Of disease.
1t is no unjust reflection upon the medical profess
sion TO say that its ef 5rts in the of skin diseases
have been failure. What with mistaken theories,
poisonous remedies, and blind adherence to methods
nd III
ton, salt rheun, sCaid head, and psoriasis flourish
and increase upon the systems shattered by the
coQous use, both internal and external OF mercury,
arsenic zinc and lead.
For centuries it has been the popular notion that
diseases of the skin and scalp must be cured, cured
at all, bv purify ing the blood.
Admitting that this is partly true, what has been
the NJ, tod or what the remedies by which 1t was
sought to be accomplished?
MERCURY AND ARSENIC.
Putting aside thu senseless sarsaparina" "dock,h
and " dandehon" "bloOd purifiers" and consider
ing only those remedies that have received the sane
non Of lhy>i ians hes it,ls and colleges, we md
mat mercury and arsenic are the only medicinal
agents Of to-day they were hundreds of years ago,
which aIe regarded by the regular as having spe-
,.l- medical properties for the pur1hcauon oil the
oa.d, aRd hence the only remedies adnpted to the
Heatagnt OF skin and scalp diseases.
THE TRUE THEORY.
But little I1ht il being thrown upon the darkness
ma. has -urrounded the intellect OF the past. To
az" herman and French phN lCans ma specIns's
We owe what true Progress We are making at the
Present time in the cure of obs nate affections of the
SAN and scalp. They teach and prove, a. that dis
eases q the kin and sep are caused by derange-
mont Of the zecrrtory and xcretory tubes andvessels
Ok th true skin: and (9 that such diseases or aiec-
Ions are aggravated and maintained by poisonous
LAls contain ug the virus of scrofua, malaria, or
y.i'cEous disc sc. which discharged from the
| t7od and circulating Guilds upon the skin through
W sweat auG fat Glands From these facts they sue
sesiuiy maintain that skin disease- cannot he cured
| .gtE by internal remedies, nor solely by external
'1tfilos, but }y iJdcious rse Of both. hese al
-A9Es arr lot wholly used by impurities OF the