Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-04-22

druf.
7'ow erins above all others in extent, in dura-
ton, III suffering, is
ECZEMA,
commonly called salt rheum. Wilson divides
| 1t into twelve species and others into many
moie; but it is sufficiently clear to the average
reader. and viii be rec lgnized by its small
watery blister, about the size of pinhead,
w VIII h seen P hh;G 1mResgo ana
stinaie affection, defying all remedies, de
AMI suffering. The scalp, like the skin, is sub
| Jcct TO salt rheum, letter. dandruff. and other
destroy the hair foIlicles, and produce per-
manent badness.
THE TREATMENT
OF diseases of the skin or scalp has been for
centuries based upon the mistaken theory
IN It they are entirely due to some impurty of
directed to 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 it's efforts in the cure of
skin diseases have been a failure. What with
blind adherence to methods and practices
originating in ignorance snd superstition salt
increase upon systems shattered by the CO.
pious use, both internal and external, of mer-
curry arsenic. zinc, and lead.
For centuries it has been the popular notion
that diseases of the skin and scalp must be
cured. if cured at all, by purifying the blood.
ea e hv bicS
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it was sought to be accomplished?
MERCURY AND ARSENIC.
Putting aside the senSeleSs ''sarsaparilla,'
"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 reg arded by the regular" as hav-
ing specific medical properties for the purifi-
cation of the blood, and hence the only rene
dies adapted to the treatment of skin and
scalp diseases.
THE TRUE THEORY.
But little light is being thrown upon the
the past TO rev German and French ply
scians and specialists we owe what true
progress we are making at the present time
and scalp. They teach and prove, a. that dis
eases of the skin and scalp are caused by de-
tubes and vessels of the true skin; and q
that such diseases or affections are aggra-
waited and maintained by poisonous fluids con-
tagious disease, which are discharged from
the blood and circulating fluids upon the skin
facts they successfully maintain that skin
diseases cannot be cured solely by internal
remedies, nor solely by external remedies,
but 10y a judiciOus use Of both. These affec-
tions are not wholly caused by impurities of
the blood and circulating fluids, nor are they
due entirely TO a diseased condition of the
sweat and fat glands, tubes, vessels, and cells
of the true skin, but to peculiar and in
separable condition of both. For if you treat
ress is made; but with attention to both at
the same time. and the use of such remedies
as l can here recommend, q cure is possible in
nearly every case.
WHAT WE WANT"
said a 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
g l. An internal remedy possessing cathar-
tic, tonic, and Alternative properties, which will
snf kidnnVa
bowels, and skin, the constitutional poison
which floats in the blood and circulating fluids
of the body.
..2. An external. interchangeable application
of jelly consistence that may arrest intiamma-
ton or irritation and destroy fungus or para
site growths: and,
SO. An emollient and healing soap, free from
caustic alkalies and irritating properties, for
cleansing diseased surfaces and partaking, in
n mider form, the medicinal properties of the
external application.
With three such remedies as conceive it
possible to prepare, but which do not now
know to exist, L will venture to assert that
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
physicians who adhere to practices at variance
with reason and common sense, and, withai,
lamentable failures. l here assert that no
for external application, nor Alternative, or
blood purifier, for internal use, to be found
leges of medicine-and there are thousands OF
them-wtl certainly cure case of chronic
salt rheum, psoriasis, or leprosy. have tried
them with all the care and experience sug-
gested by liberal education, but with unsat-
isfactory results as to specific curative prop
critics.
HOPE FOR THE AFFLICTED.
Hence, when MessTs. Weeks & Potter,
Chemists and Druggists, of Boston. Mass,
informed me that for eight years they hau
and had obtained-mostly from substances
never before used in medicine, and by proc
ess original with themselves three great
liblc cure for every kind of skin. scalp ard
blood disease, from salt rheum to dandruff,
whether caused by scrofulous or disc ,se
tainted blood. or by a morbid condition or the
glands tubes. vessels and cells OF the trIie
skin, or both. was gratiied beyond measure.
AS my life has been and is devoted to the
have given much study and attention,
BY Messrs Weeks to mafe
thorough test of these remedies in my prac-
tice, determined. if successful, to give Them
such publicity as their merits entitled them
to. This now do after two years of extraor.
binary success with them, with the object of
great suffering caused by the diseases under
consideration.
The name given to the first of these great
remedies is Cnticura, from cults, the skim and
cusu, a cure-a skin cure. In practice, found
they exist in no other remedies OF the day. Il
is entirely unlike anything for external appl- |
jelly cOnsistencc, free from grease, oils, or
fats, and does not contain q particle of dele |
FERROUS or unwholesome matter, and is SO eas- |
ly applied that no irritation pain Is caused |
by its application to raw and intiamed sur |
faces.
Cuticura, when used as directed, is wonder |
fully adapted to soothe and heal the most in |
famed surface, to allay feelings and frrita- |
tons that have been the torture of q lifetime, |
to destroy fungus or unnatural growthS on |
the skin and scalp. to heal ulcers and scrOfu- |
ious sores, to cleanse and purify the pores Of |
the skim and restore to healthy and regular ac- |
ton the OIL glands, tubes and cells, upon whose |
perfect action depend the preservation Of |
healthy skin and restoration when diseased. |
1t will not become rancid, or spoil on exposure |
in any climate. 1t will be as fresh, fragrant,
soothing and healing fifty years hence as it is |
to-day. Contrast this with the horrible salves |
and Ointments of the present time!
THE SECOND.
the Cuticura Medicinal Toilet Soap, receives |
fts characteristic name from the remedy to |
which 1t owes its valuable healing and useful |
properties. It is free from caustic alkalies,
and is Of y delicate, natural green color Its |
emolltent, soothing aud healing action is the
same as Cuticura, In q modified form. Aside /
from its medicinal properties, it Is more val
ued as = toilet. bath and nursery eanative than
any other soap. 1t cleanses, soothes, whitens,
and beauties the skin, and is q natural pre-
ventive OF injury to the complexion and hands
from the heats OF summer and the chills OF