Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-12-13
THE DANGEROUS BARBER.

According to . Physician He IL Responsi-
BILE for the Sore Throsts of His Custom
"How many prescriptions for sore
throats do you suppose I've written in
the last week." asked Detroit doctor
yesterday.
''Oh, perhaps a dozen"
Nearly thirty, sir. And what do
you think the cause in every case wasp"
Change Of weather. Of course
Change of nothing There were
two cases where the patients slept with
open windows and got cold. but in all
the rest the ailment could be traced di-
rectly to the barber"
What did the barber do2"
"Cut their hair. | tell you the aver
age barber is q more dangerous foe TO
humanity than cholera and smallpox.
While they can be guarded against or
stamped out. he lives on year after
year.
lis it dangerous to get the hair
cut?"
Outside Of three summer months it
is. Take a raw day and fortynine out of
every fifty men who get into BARRIERS
chair TO have their hair even trimmed
will have cold or sore throat before
the next night would rather take a
walk for two hours without my over
coat than TO have two ounces of hair
shipped of nv head"
But if people want their hair cut
how is the barber to blame?'
He is all TO blame. No one should
have his hair cut more than twice
year-May and September-and it
/ should be done then only on a warm
! day. Have your hair cut to-day and
/ go to barber-shop three days hence.
and the barber will observe:
d" Have your hair cutf'
! "'No.'
Blu, you'd better; getting pretty
long, sir
Why, l had i, cut only a few days
ago
Yes. sir; but he made a botch job
/ of it Wants to be trimmed very bad
Take it in the case of young men
and bows" continued the doctor. "A
word from the barber is sufficient 10
make them submit to haircut or
the hair-cutting NAV certainly expect
to from the shampoo. You walk ont of
the shop into the cold air. and within
twenty-four hours you can look for
neuralgia, toothache, earache or sore
throat"
Would you advise law on the sub
ject?"
I'VE couldn't make law 70 cover
the case. What I'd advise is for the
people to investigate the matter and
/ exercise Judgment and common sense.
/ 1t is Just ~ bad to rob your head ~
/ your feet You wouldn't dare take
YOUR socks off day like this. and vet
the BARRIERS of Detroit will cut the hair
| from five hundred men and BOYS. The
risk Is even greater than IN pulling off
an under>hirt. People should under
stand this have seen dozen eases
of pneumonia brought on by haircut
ting on a cold day. 1t i resp rns!ble
for much Of the asthma. and p .rhsps
for some of the consumption.
How about shaving. doctor
II Is dangerous habit. You can
trace nearly every case of toOthache
and facial neuralgia in man 10 the
habit Of shaving. II all men protected
their throats by chin whiSkers and the
nerves of the face by liberal growth
you wouldn't hear of half the present
ailments. When was boy | never
heard Of a case of neuralgia in the
facial nerves. In these days if is IL
common As cases of ague. Men used
TO wear boards. The fashion of TO-DAY
is meant TO oencourage ailments. Shaw
ing opens the PORES of the face and in
vites neuralgia to step in and twitch the
nerves
We'll. is that all tO-dav?"
.'All but one thing. When barber
invites You to have your hair cut on
raw day please rise up and punch his
head-for me- - Detroit Free Press