The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-11-15
Badness,
What Occas:o ns it, and How 1t Can
He Avoid "a.

What Occas,o ns it, and How 1t Can
Re Avoid "a.
From the Boston Medical journal
O. Lassar has continued his observa-
tons on nature Of premature badness,
and has further convinced hi ,:sel' Of the
co.nmunicab!lity Of at least the form as
sociated with dandruff. When the hairs
which fall off in such cases are collected
rubbed up with vaSeline, aud the oiut-
,nent so made is r1bbed ,ny the fur
of rabbits or white mice, badness makes
itself visible on the parts so treated.
That this is OF due to the vaseline Was
shown by amounting other animals
with the vaseline alone,
which produced no effect whatever.
lie considers that the disease is spread
ty hairdressers, WHO employ combs
and brushes to their customers, one after
another, without any regular cleansing
to these articles after each time they are
used. During frequent visits to the hair
dressers, it can scarcely fail that brush
es are used which have been shortly
before dressing the hair of one Affected
badness. Females, he tn nks, are less
often affected with this form OF badness
because the hairdresser more frequent
ly attends to them at their homes, and
there use their combs and brushes. In
order to prevent, as far as possible. the
commencement OF alopecia premature,
the hair should be cut and
dressed at home and with
ones own implements, and these
thoroughly clean. When it has begun,
the following mode of treatment is sug-
gested: The scalp is to be daily we'll
soaped with tar or fluid glycerine potash
soap, which is to be rubbed in for I'll
teen minutes firmly. The head is then
to be drenched with, first, warm water,
and then gradually colder water. A 9
per cent. corrosive sublimate lotion is
next to be pretty freely applied. The
head is then to he dried, and the roots
of the hair, are to have per cent.
solution of nap.hol in spirit rubbed into
them. Finally, a pomade Of l-2 to 2
per cent of carbolic or saicy!ic oil is to
be used on the head. This treatment
has now in many cases brought the dis
ease not only to a stand, but the hair
has been to considerable extent re-
stored.
New Plan of Paying Railroad EN-
ployes.
The Milwaukee and st. Paul Railroad
company has adopted new plan of paying
employees on it's Northern Mineral Point,
Wisconsin Valley, La Crosse and Prairie
Du Chen divisions. Instead of transpo t.
ing car loads of money, the company will
send direct to the agent at each station
checks accompanied by pay rolls. These
checks are made payable to the agents
themselves to the amount of money the
agents may have on hand, and arrange
ments are made with banks at all places of
importance for their redemption. A circu-
lar has been issued to agents inst1ucting
them to furnish full information in regard
to the system to employees. to aid them
in securing payment Of the checks, and to
caution them against sharpers, who may
offer to redeem the checks at less than their
face value. It is claimed that the new
system will simplify the work of making
payments, cause payments to be prompt,
and be entirely satisfactory to the EN-.
ployes.
Lord Wolseley mourns the loss Of
his mother, Frances Anne Woseley,
widow of Major Garnet Wolseley. She
was in her eishty second year,