Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-04-21
PIMPLES,
Beauty BIsmishss, Dlsfigurlng Hu-
mors, Skin fortunes and Impure
Blood, and the Cause,
HOW THEY MAY BE CURED.
From Nsw Il, mcdcs.

Socrates called beauty a shortlived tyr
amy, p alto a privilege of nature. TheOcri-
tus delightful prejudice, TheophraStus
silent cheat, Carneades solitary kingdom,
Homer a glorious gift of nature, Ovid a
tsyor Of the gods. Aristotle affirmed that
beauty was better than all the letters OF
recommendation in the world, and yet
none of these distinguished authorities has
left us even hint Of how beauty is to be
perPetuated, or the rayages of age or dis
ease detied. Time soon blends the lily and
the rose into the palor OF age, disease dots
the fair face with cutaneous designations,
and crimsons the Roman nose with I'M
slightly fushes. Moth, il not rust, corrupts
the glory OF eyes, teeth, and lips, yet beau
tiful, by defacing the complexion, and fills
the sensitive soul with agony unspeak-
able.
II such be the unhappy condition of one
afflicted with slight skin blem:shes. what
must be the feelings of those in whom tor.
tur ing humors have for years run riot, GOV.
ering the skin with scales and sores, and
charging the blood with poisonous ele-
ments to become part of the system until
DEATH 1t is vain to attempt to portray
such suffering. Death in many cases,
which we have witnessed, might be con-
sldered blessing. The blood and fluids
seem to be impregnared with a fiery ele-
ment which, when discharged through the
pores upon the surface of the body, in
efforts for relief, the patient tares
the skin with his nails, and not
until the blood flows does sufficient re-
lief come to cause him TO desist. Thus
do complexiopal defects merge into tortur-
ing disease, and piqued vanity gives place
TO real suffering. A little wart on the
nose or cheek grows to the alldevouring
lupus patch of letter on the PAIN OF the
band or on the limbs suddenly envelops
the body in its fiery embrace, q bruise on
the leg expands into a gnawing ulcer,
which reaches out its fangs to the suffer
er's heart, in every parOxysm of PAIN, q
small kernel in the neck multiplieS into
dozen, which eat away the vitality, great
Jearl.like scales grow from little rash like
intlammatlOnS in such abundance as TO pass
Credulity; and so on may we depict the
suffering To which poor human nature is
subject from Cutaneous diseases, all of
which involve great mental distress be-
cause of personal designations.
pore in the skin in his or her face becomes
clOgged, black head appears, and sur
rounding il little pimple. Ii a dOzea
pores become clOgged, there are a dOzeh
black heads and pImples. So it is with
acne. In salt rheum, or, as it is teCh1i-
Cally called, eczema, the cause OF the dis
ease seems to he in the bsOOi, from !the
fact that the respiratory fluids which pour
out through the tubes are charged with
oil that tho
intense itching and violent inflammation,
ard rapidly deetrOyS the outer or scarf
skin. This dreadful form of skin diseases
attacks all ages, and may frequently be
seen fully developed in young infants at
birth. In such cases it is often called milk
crust, scald head, ETC., but there is no
doubt of its real nature, and that it is an
inherited humOr. II there were not
another external disease known, salt rheum
would he sufficient intlictiOn on man.
kind. 1t peryades all classes, and ascendS
impartially through generations. While
some are constantly enyeloped in il, others
have il confined To small patches in the
ears, on the scalp, on the breast, on the
palms of the hands, or the Limits, etc bu.
every where its distinctive feature j. a small
watery blister, which discharges an acid
fluid, causing heat, inflammation aad in
tense itching. Ring-worm, letter, scald
head, dandrutf belong TO this scaly and
itching order OF diseases. Psoriasis. our
modern leprosy, with its mother.of- pearl
scale, situated on a redeemed base, which
bleeds upon the removal of the scale, is to
be dreaded and avoided, as of old. Lupus,
the all -devouring ulcer, impetigo BARRIERS
itch, erySlpeiaS, and score OF minor dlsor-
ders make up the catalogue of external dis
eases of the skin. Thus far we have made
no alluSion to those Affections which are
manifestly impurities of the blood, viz:
swelling of the glands OF the throat, ulcers
on the neck and limbs tumors, abcesses
and mercurial pOiSOnS, because the whole
list can be comprehended in the one word
"scrOfula."
| I The hereditary blood poisoa Of scrofuls
! deyeiopeS in the delicate tissues of the
! brain mental weaknesses and intirmities,
| idfocy and insanity. 1t enlarges the glands
| of the throat, imDairS the sense OF smell
: and taste, or breaks into consuming ulcers
on the neck. IL destroys tue lungs, or fills
, them with tuberCulous secretions. 1t eats
away the coating of the stomach, eRlarges
the liver, clogs the kidneys, creates consti-
patton and induces piles. The muscles it
contracts and renders powerleSs with rheu-
matism, while the secretions OF the joints
! contaminated by it cause the painful govt.
| Ii loads the preparation with its virulent
poison, setting on fire in its passage the
little tubes or pores of the skin, causing
the tOrturiDg designation salt rheum,
psoriasis, and other itching and scaly dis
eases which embitter life. 1t gathers at
morbid centres into tumors, assesses, and
| liteSapping ulcers. 1t slowly undermInes
the constitution, and is the cause Of nearly
all chronic diseases.
The treatmant of disease of the skin and
scalp has been for centuries based upon q
theory which has entirely overlooked the
important part the tubes aud vessels of the
skin play in the propagation and msinten-
ance of disease by pouring out upon the
surface of the body perspiratory fluids
charged with the virus or disease germs OF
scrofulous, inherited and contagious hu-
mors. We are not unju to the profession
when we say that its efforts in the psrms-
nent cure OF skin, scalp and blood diseases
have been a failure. What with mistaken
theories, mineral poisons, aud blind reysr
ence for dogmas and superstit;ons long
since exploded. disiguring humors, hu.
initiating eruptions, itching fortunes and
scrOfula, the parent of all humors, flourish
and increase upon systems shattered by
mercury, arsenic, zinc and lead. Nor have
the senseless "sarsaparilla," dock" and
dandelion blood purifiers (?) of quacks AMI
patent medicine vendors been any better or
much worse.
We know that every word We now write
will awaken hope IN the breast of msnv =
lifelong sufferer. Can we in a broid and
generous spirit without prejudice, with
out reservation, say to those afflicted.
Here in the Cuticura remedies which may
| be had of any druggist at less than the cost
| Of physicians visit, is speedy and per
manent cure for diseases OF the skin, scalp,
n IN L.