Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-06-06
The Baldest CITY.

! do you know there are more bali
heads in Chicago than any place | hav,
, ever been in, and, believe, than in any
) city in the United States?' queried
: Mrs. McGlashan, scalp surgeon. There
are numerous reasons for this, she con
, tinued, prominent among which are
fast living and dissipation, excitement
Worry, indoor work, and the excessive
use of tobacco"
DO you mean to say that smoking
causes the hair to fall out?''
Just exactly. Ii is exceedingly III
furious, not to the hair alone, of course,
but to the whole body, drying up the
blood, and thus sipping away the very
life of the hair. The first question
ask male patient is DO YOU smoker
''What do you consider the most
fruitful source of bald heads?''
1.-The barbersl the barbersi Only stick
to them long enough, and don't care
how fine a head of hair you have, they
will ruin it. If you wish to hasten the
departure of your treSses, say yes,
every time your tonsorial artist asks
you if You will have little tonic on
. Nbii vi VII tstht al
/ The last mentioned is sure death To the
hair, for some of them Use appropriation,
the ingredients of which contain am
monia and animal oil. Now, the hair
is vegetable, more like a grapevine
| than anything else it can he compared
to. The ammonia i'll time sucks out all
the life-giving power, leaving it dead
ened and faded, and after such wash
has been applied, if you examine one of
the hairs under a microscope You will
see that the oily substance in the centre
has been entirely dried out. Then Your
barber, when your hair commences to
fall out from the frequent doses of poi
son applied, recommends cutting it
close, or even shaving the head entire
ly."
THAT certainly is benelicial?''
Beneficial? Why don't YOU know if
you cut a grapevine close To the ground
it will die, but that occasional pruning
is good? The same truth applies To the
hair. But it is far better never to cut
it at ALL"
You do not advise all the young men
to cultivate Byronic locks?"
''Oh, certainly not; but | never cut
my patients hair. burn it off, think
ing that far preferable | take light
ed taper, and, gathering upa combful
of hair, run the fire along the edges,
burning it off evenly, and assure you
it is much more beneficial g"
why is it that there are So many
more bald-headed men than wOmen?n
The reply came with a hearty laugh.
'There are not. You see You are not
posted. L treat just as many women
for bald heads as | do men. Well, L
don't know as | have hardly had rs
many who were CLASSY bald, but they
are very nearly so. \ short time ago Il
young lady, who is well known in Chi
cagO-ln fact, she is a north side heireSS
who moves i'll the very best society, |
came to Inc and complained that she
was not only losing her hair, but that
her mind was going. She could not re
member from one day to another, and |
was also unable to sleep. | examined !
her head and found it terrible diseased. |
The hair had fallen off i'll spots as large !
as silver dollar, giving her a singular |
appearance. L put her under treat |
ment, and in a short line removed from |
her scalp parasites many of which We're |
a quarter of an inch long
do the parasites cause other diseases
than those of the scalp!"
I'm my opinion they certainly do. !
\ diseased head of any kind will de |
velOp other ailments, for the brain is Il |
sensitive organ.