The Indianapolis journal., 1883-04-27
PIMPLES,
Beauty Blemishes, Disflguring flu
mors, Skin TOrtures and Impure
Blood, and the Cause.
HOW THEY MAY BE CURED.
From New Remedies.

From New Remedies.
Socrates called beauty a short-lived tyranny,
Plato privilege OF nature, Theooritus a delight
full prejudice, TheOphrastus silent cheat, Car
neades solitary Kingdom, Homer q glorious
gift of nature, Ovid favor of the gods. Aris-
totle affirmed that beauty was better than all
the letters of recommendation In the world, and
yet none of these distinguished authorities has
lett US even a hint OF how beauty is to be perpet-
uated, or the ravages of age and disease detled.
Time soon blends the lily and the into the
paor of age, disease dots the fair face with cuta-
neous designations, and crimsOns the Roman
nose with unsgntiy fushes. Moth, If not rust,
corrupts the glory of the eyes, teeth and lips,
yet beautiful, by defacing the complexion, and
nils the sensitive soul with agony unspeakable.
If such be the unhappy condition of one af-
nlcted with sllgnt skin blemishes, what must be
the feelings OF those IN whom torturing humors
nave for years run riot, covering the skin with
scales and sores, and charging the blood with
poisonous elements TO become part of the sys-
TEN until h2 1t is vain TO attempt to pOr-
tray such suffering. Death in many cases, which
We have witnessed, might be considered bless
ing. The blood and fluids to be impreg-
mated with fiery element, which, when dis
charged through the pores upon the surface of
the body, infianes and burns, UNTIL in his efforts
for relief, the patient tears the skin with his
nails, anu not until the blood flows does sufficient
relief come to cause him TO desst. Thus do COM
pie XiOual defects merge into torturing disease,
and piqued vanity give place to real suffering.
A little wart on the nose or cheek grows TO the
palm of the nands or on the limbs suddenly en-
velOps the body in its fiery embrace, bruise on
the leg expands into u gnawing ulcer, which
reaches out its fangs TO the sufferers heart, in
every paroxysm Of pain, a small kernel In the
neck multiplies into dozen, which eat away
the vitality, great pearl-like scales grow from
little rash-ilke lntiammations in such abundance
as Ia pass credulity; and SO on may we depict
the suffering to which poor human mature lS SuO-
ject from cutaneous diseases, all OF which in
volve great mental distress because Of personal
designations.
Every schoolgirl or boy knows that If a pore
in the skin in his or her face becomes clOgged, a
black head appears, and surrounding 1t a. little
pimple Ii II dozen pores become cogged, there
are IA dozen black heads and pimples. so 1t is
With acue. In salt rheum, or, IL is technically
called. eczema, the cause OF the disease seems TO
be in the blood, from the fact that the perspira-
tory fluids which pour out through the tubes are
charged with poisonous element that creates
the most intense itching ana violent infamma-
ton, and rapidly destroys the outer scarf
skin. This dreadful form of skin diseases at
tacks all ages, and may frequently be seen fully
developed in young infants at birth. In such
cases IL is often called milk crust, scald-head,
etc, but there is no doubt of its real nature ana
that it is an inherited humor II there were not
another external disease known, salt rheum
would be sufficient intilction on mankind. IL
through generations While some are constant
ly enYelOped in IL, others have 1t confined to
small patches i'll the ears, On the scalp, on the
breast, on the palms of the hands, on the limbs,
etc, but everyw here It's distinctive feature Is
small watery blister, which discharges an Rcrid
fluid, causing heat, Inflammation and intense
itching. Rng-worm, tetter, scald head, dandrun.
belong to this scaly and itching order OF DIS
eases. Psoriasis, our modern leprosy, with its
motner-Of-pearl scale, situated on a Redeemed
base, which bleeds upon the removal OF the
sCale is TO be dreaded ana avoided, as of old.
Lupus, the all devouring ulcer, 1mpetigo, bar
ber's itch, erysipelas, and score Of minor disor
deIs make up the catalogue OF external diseases
of the skin. Thus far we have made no allusion
to those aff1letiOns which manfesty impurl-
ties Of the blood, viz: swelling of the glands of
the throat, ulcers on the neck and limbs, tumors,
abcesses and mercnrial polsons, because the
l,nla Iiafa hA nral nApn n N Yard
''scrofuu."
The hereditary blood poison of scrofula de-
veops in the delicate tissues of the brain mental
weakness sses and intirmities, idiocy and insanity.
1t enlarges the glands of the throat, impairs the
sense of smell ami taste, or breaks into consum-
ing ulcers on the neck. 1t destroys the lungs,
fills them with tuberculous secretions. IL eats
away the coating OF the stomach, enlarges the
liver clogs the kidneys, creates constipation and
induces piles. The muscles 1t contracts and
renders powerless with rheumatism while the
secreuons of the JOINTS contaminated by 1t
cause the painful gOut. IL loads the perspira-
tOn with its vlTuenJ poison, setting on fire in
it's passage the little tubes or pores of the skin,
causing the tOrturing dsfiguration salt rheuin,
psoriasis, and other itching and scaly diseases
which embitter life. 1t gathers at morbid Gen.
ters into tumors, assesses and llfe-sappng ul-
GERS 1t slowly undermines the constitution,
and is the cause of nearly all chronic diseases.
The treatment OF diseases of the skin and scalp
has been for centuries based upon a theory
which has entirely overlooked the important
part the Tubes and vessels Of the skin play in
the propagation and maintenance of disease by
spratory fluids charged with the virus or disease
germs of serOfulous, inherited and contagious
humurs. We are not unjust to the profession
when we say that it's ehorts in the permanent
cure of skin, scalp and blood diseases have
been failure, What with mistaken theories,
mineral posons and blind reverence for dogmas
aud superstitIons long since exploded, distigur-
ing humors, humillating eruptlons, Itching tort
ures. 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 Gj of quaoks and patent-nedicine
vendors been any better or much worse.
We kns.w that every word we now write VIII
awaken hope in the breast of many lifelong
sufferer. Can we, In "A broad and generous spirit,
without prejudice, without reservation, say to
those afflicted: "Here i'll the Cuticura reme-
dies, which may be had OF any druggist at less
than the cost of physician's visit, is speedy
and permanent cure for diseases of the skin,
| scalp and blood, which have defied all known
remedies and the highest medical SKILL" with a
just sense of the responsibilities we assumed
We say we can.
| Thousands of letters in the possession of the
| originators repeat this story: have been TER
rible sufferer for years with blood and skin
Gumors; have been obliged to shun public places
by reason of my disiiguring huinors; have had
the bess physicians; have spent hundreds of dol
| lars and got real relief until used the Cuti-
eura remedies, which have cured me and left
my skin and blood as pure as a child's
Curcura Resovent, the new blood purifier,
cleanses the blood and persplratiOn OF poisonous
elements and impurities, and thus removes the
cause. Cuticura, the great skin cure, instantly
allays itching and Inflammation, clears the skin
and scalp ofdisHguring humors and itching tort
ures heals ulcers and sores, purlties and beauti-
ties the skin. Cuticura Soap, an exquisite skin
beauliiier prepared from Cuticura, is lndispensi-
ble in treating skin diseases and for rough,
chapped or greasy skim sunburn, black heads.
blotchss and baby humOrs. Cuticura remedies
are the only infallible blood purifiers and skin
beautifiers. They absolutely free from miu-
eral vegetable poisOns and may Oe prescribed
! for every species of skin, scalp and blood dla-
eases with the certainty OF speedy reliet and a
permanent cure when all other remedies and the
best phy yscians entirely fail.