The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-08-26
scalp Dlsesss Transmitted u
False Hair. f

..,;hle alarm has been created
the ladies' by the announcement
s:.;,.tion of the most dreadful kind
~. les than the arrival of the horrible
p'i- Of the hair, known as the plica
fs ''.,,, which has hitherto been
PaonI to the inhabitants Of
nnnnsu. nd the frontiers Of Russia. No
pam, ,Icience has been able as yet to as
neiiea he exact cause of the disease,
etrIln sanders its victim a most hideous
vnta ~ behold, Transforming sometimes
oseel wsrddenly the most beautiful and
snoS. q, crop OF hair into matted disgust
lgHViano Of twisted, snake-like ropes, which
irs mas, IN horrible confusion all over the
sisnd ~ ,SS,ongh which no comb can ever be
hsal, md which can never be cut, owing
t'ssn, a,iomerction of the roots into one
p!ns,' n,sss which, rs the roots are filled
GnseIu oJ would cause the sufferer to
VIZ w death were they to be violently re-
n g. doctors here account for the appear
lp.s,he disease in two cases which have
snx " Of late TO the recent importation
oeul,e sa hair from Poland--a country
,orbidden to traders in articles of
en neh1; Ii appear, that the hair-crop-
hS ason having been rather uusuccess-
ga gs ,Ss usual districts to which the trade
ia Ian sn mn now confined, i'll consequence
D. IN" immense demand, made upon the
a ". urls of the continent for the last
ea''I three years through their
w. 0rdons plaits, and "chignous,"
cascades" and falls and
n G that have been worn, heavy
ua ssl on the single head OF lady of fash
suv.e dsspoil the poor pates of half dozen
W. notato. yeeders or lace-makers Of the
.,mpsndy VILLAGES, it has become necessary
m 0.,iJsr The field of operations, and after
p1',clinr Constantinople, Smyrna and
Z Damascus, the yield mas even theh iailen
Sort Of the demand
~. tn hsen compelled to make swoop down
S uann Poland, in spite OF the point
uPVnS onor by which the were bouud
y. avoid all dealings of the
lind with that country. A lot OF the most
ssutiful hair was imported tfence from a
S,sst fair held in the environs OF Warsaw
s award the end of the mouth. Most of the
S.r was ofthe finest and most silky quality
--rgbly polished, clean and evidently well
c,rpa for by its former proprietor; but, as
~o.t gift was black, it had to be dyed to
s TGst tbe fashion of the day, which COM
~snds that every woman that man de-
ErS,ath 10 honor shall have ilaxen ,red-gold
!, orange-c olored hair. But nothing is
s,der 10 the hair trade than to change the
Mn and, by the chemical mixtures
Nanufactured for the purpose, this object
s,ttained in a moment.
HoNeyer. one of these individuals, resid-
h, Clerkenwell, who had purchased a
Syoi Polish hair, of the finest quality, was
Sried ON perceiving the liquid, in which
Sh,d plunged it for dyeing, turn gradual
lrIa blood.red color, until the whole mass
Unchanged to the same lurid tint. Chem
is,Vere called in to ascertain the cause OF
IA strange occurrence. The mixture was
rbmjtted TO analysis, but nothing was dis
mrered. until at length the doctors
wre summoned, and after examina-
ion by the microscope, the bulb
d the PLEA polonica was detected
IN, great proportion of hair which had
lien bought by one especial trader who
bl attended the fair. 1t was but the germ
Oihe disease, but the tube of the hair was
sScted, and had it remained upon the
vearet's head, would in short time have
been developed into the most vifulent form
uilhe disease.
Other dealers have kept their discovery
secret and have sold the hair at cheap
rate to inferior hair-dressers. Much OF it
must have been used TO ornament the
heads of the humble aspirants to fashion
sd distraction who wait behind the bars of
the lower public houses, or behind the
counters ofthe general shops of the east end.
Ills certain that two cases of the disease
Lave been imported-one of them very
young girl employed as nurse in n
tadesman's family, whose head had been
htsy shaved after all attack of scarlet
hver, and who had brought fringe" to
rendered herself 'less shocking beneath
hr cap. The doctors are, of course,
busily occupied in the investigation of the
germs and undertake to prevent the spread
dthe disease. They remember the failures
experienced by the French and English
medical faculties in their endeavors to cure
The singer, Nine. Cruvelli, who was COM
PEELED to leave the stage and retire from the
world in the midst of career as brilliant
that of her sister, in consequence Of this
terrible visitation.