The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-04-11
Sliamp0olng.

sanitary science are constantly discover u
ing that something which we have al
WAYS believed to be quite innocuous IS
little less than deadly. The whole uni
verse seems 70 be in league to poison
the human race, and we unconsciously
assist this conspiracy by our mistaken
efforts to promote our own wsll-Deihg'
The latest alarm that the doctors nave
sounded is in regard to ''shampoooing,
A practice which Is now declared to DO
extremely injurious to the health, and |
especially apt to produce diseases OF the
brain and other parts of the head.
The verb "to shampoo" is OF uncer-
tain origin. One Of our big dictionaries
saws that it is the same rs the Hindu
verb tSchantDna, the first meanings OF
which are ''to squeeze and "to press"
Are wc, then, TO suppose that the Hindu
lover "shampoos" the hand of his
qdorcd object, and that the Hindu hus-
band "shampooS" his wife. This is
nuilc unthinkable Another derivation
Is giyen in Whitworth'S Dictionary
which is at least AS ingenious and de-
cidedly more probable. Wmtworth |
thinks that the earliest form OF the word !
was "shampoon, instead of "sham- !
poo" and IN point OF fact "shampooon"
is still in use among rural BARRIERS
"Shamuoon" the learned photographer
further supposcs to BIZ closely related
10 "lanpoon," and to have tho original
meaning of an attack on the head OF the
person "shampoOned." These spccu-
iations, in spite of their interesting
character, arc ut best only speculalions,
and We can not feel any certainty as TO
the real origin of the verb " to sham
poo" ,,.,...,o,
"a a particularly wholesome one. IL
was supposed that it strengthened the
scalp, induced hair to grow IN waste
places, and removed and prevented
headaches, besides increasing the self
respect of the person by enabling nm
TO feel that his head was abnormally
clean. We are now informed that, with
the exception Of the last mentioned re-
suit, shampooing does nothing but IN.
iury. II stops the growth of hair ana
PRODUCES premature badness. 1t weak
ems the scalp so that it loses its vitality,
and, becoming As imporylous to moist
IRE rs india rubber, induces diseases OF
the bones of the skull. Furthermore,
"shampooing' causes deafness, and IN
many cases leads to Inflammation OF the
eyes. Its worst effect, however, Is IN
sanity. The percentage OF men VINO
become insane after course OF repeated
and regular "shampooing" Is enor
mousse large, in fact, that the exac
pcrccutare is not mentioned out OF re
| gard to the feelings of the public. Tn
3 average life of the man who Is sham
e pooed once week is only three years
$ and the last two years OF his lie ut
;, usually spent in II maniac's cell, wher
I. his blindness and deafness are rather a
= advantage to him, since they save hi
IL from the unpleasant sights ard soun'
= common to all lunatic aSylums.
Vt This is formidable Indictment
Il "shampooing, and fortified rs it is
{, statistics manufactured expressly IL
IS the uurposc, we can not doubt that pa
" of it which processes to show the direi
Z. results OF "Shnmpoong." Doubtic
III people who are frequently "shal
il poocd" are afflicted with deafness
ut blindness, badness, diseases OF u
at scalp and skull, insanity and death.
ii does not, however, necessarily folio
NJ that these calamilies are all OF them Il
Of direct result of the application OF soa
is water and BARRIERS fingers to the hea
a. Of the sufferers.
il We may admit that the trequen
lrt with which the barber ruos soar. IL
rm the oyes IF the victim whom he
re "shampooinc" may impair the victl
,es sirht, and that the application OF so
of hot water and of cold water to
scalp may have an injurious effect W
the growth OF the hair. 1t il, nevert
less, incredible that the scalp, the SKI
Ill., the sense OF hearing and the br
rs, should be injured by soap and water.
no soap and water can inJuro the scalp a
III the underlying bones, why do they
IT. iniurc the rest of the surface OF the DO
W when applied to it, and if they do !
iniurr tho scalp how can we believe u
Tue they iniure the brainP In spite OF
Ill learning and experience OF he ply
ian clan who has discovered the dangers
-. "shumpooing, men will be slow TO
' Iieye that deafness and insanity
among its consequences, especially 81
or there is another cause amply suihcl
,,cn to produce these results.
Shampooing" is n long and ted
vcry process. 1t gives the barber ample tin
converse with his victim. While he
MES. the helpless head the barber can
mails into tho unrc ,isting ear his usual M
to lopuo on the state OF the wcather'
political world, and the theaters,
ield- can recite the praises of tonic. ga
wander that deafness should bc the
= consequence of the barber $ prol1
How conversation, and that INSANITY $,
Is in speedily followP This is beyonai
e.. question the true explanation VI
high statistics which show that "slampo,o
nous il followed by deafness auu ihau
We could expect nothing less, an.
,tion. NON who voluntarily places his hea
clans ,ho .,shampooer's" hand invites
most terrible of all calamitles.
great We thus SEQ that the learneu W
AGENT q, tbe evils of "shampooing" IS rlg
bion, to his facts but wrong in his explann'
,ngue NJ them Let him, il possible, Fl
N .he dumb barber, and then np.e wna
rocKs lows the operation OF "shainpov
performed in silence. He will prof
be able to gather a new set Of stat
men, which will cause him to chang
mind and to decide that where il
from has followed "shampooing" the
VI " has been with the barber and mol
icb It the process.-N. Y. Times.
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